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get on at

get on at verb: to scold, to criticize, to complain directly to.

Verb

get on at (third-person singular simple present gets on at, present participle getting on at, simple past and past participle got on at)

  1. (UK) To scold, to criticize, to complain directly to.
    • She did keep getting on at him a lot.

Forms of get on at

third-person singular presentgets on at
present participlegetting on at
past participlegot on at
pastgot on at

Questions about get on at

What does get on at mean?
Get on at means to scold, to criticize, to complain directly to.
What part of speech is get on at?
Get on at is a verb.
What is the past tense of get on at?
The past tense of get on at is got on at.

Words near get on at in the dictionary

  1. get off the ground
  2. get off the mark
  3. get off the nut
  4. get off with
  5. get on
  6. get on at
  7. get on it
  8. get on like a house on fire
  9. get on someone's bad side
  10. get on someone's case
  11. get on someone's grill

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