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fried someone's bacon

fried someone's bacon is the simple past and past participle of fry someone's bacon.

Meaning of fry someone's bacon

Verb

fry someone's bacon (third-person singular simple present fries someone's bacon, present participle frying someone's bacon, simple past and past participle fried someone's bacon)

  1. (colloquial) To upset or infuriate one; to push one beyond endurance.
    • As upside-down as it seems to most adults, many kids see lying as a respectful, loving, sensitive act if it protects someone they look up to from unpleasant information. I can't imagine where they learned that. And let's not forget about sex. Can I just tell you how much pornography fries my bacon?1999, Jim Hancock, Raising Adults: Getting Kids Ready for the Real World, page 40
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fry, someone's, bacon.

Questions about fried someone's bacon

What is fried someone's bacon the simple past and past participle of?
Fried someone's bacon is the simple past and past participle of fry someone's bacon.

Words near fried someone's bacon in the dictionary

  1. fried rice
  2. fried rice syndrome
  3. fried rices
  4. fried slice
  5. fried slices
  6. fried someone's bacon
  7. fried up
  8. fried-egg plant
  9. fried-egg plants
  10. fried-eggy
  11. Frieda

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