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fry someone's bacon

fry someone's bacon verb: to upset or infuriate one; to push one beyond endurance.

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.

Forms of fry someone's bacon

third-person singular presentfries someone's bacon
present participlefrying someone's bacon
past participlefried someone's bacon
pastfried someone's bacon

Questions about fry someone's bacon

What does fry someone's bacon mean?
Fry someone's bacon means to upset or infuriate one; to push one beyond endurance.
What part of speech is fry someone's bacon?
Fry someone's bacon is a verb.
What is the past tense of fry someone's bacon?
The past tense of fry someone's bacon is fried someone's bacon.

Words near fry someone's bacon in the dictionary

  1. fry pans
  2. fry pie
  3. fry pies
  4. fry sauce
  5. fry short of a Happy Meal
  6. fry someone's bacon
  7. fry up
  8. fry ups
  9. fry-pan
  10. fry-pans
  11. fry-up

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