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get on someone's bad side

get on someone's bad side verb: to do something to upset or anger somebody.

Verb

get on someone's bad side (third-person singular simple present gets on someone's bad side, present participle getting on someone's bad side, simple past got on someone's bad side, past participle (UK) got on someone's bad side or (US) gotten on someone's bad side)

  1. To do something to upset or anger somebody.
    • You don't want to get on that guy's bad side. He loses his temper very quickly and easily.
    Antonyms:
    get on someone's good side

Antonyms of get on someone's bad side

Forms of get on someone's bad side

third-person singular presentgets on someone's bad side
present participlegetting on someone's bad side
pastgot on someone's bad side
past participle UKgot on someone's bad side
past participle USgotten on someone's bad side
alternative formget on someone's wrong side

Questions about get on someone's bad side

What does get on someone's bad side mean?
Get on someone's bad side means to do something to upset or anger somebody.
What part of speech is get on someone's bad side?
Get on someone's bad side is a verb.
What is the past tense of get on someone's bad side?
The past tense of get on someone's bad side is got on someone's bad side.

Words near get on someone's bad side in the dictionary

  1. get off with
  2. get on
  3. get on at
  4. get on it
  5. get on like a house on fire
  6. get on someone's bad side
  7. get on someone's case
  8. get on someone's grill
  9. get on someone's last nerve
  10. get on someone's nerves
  11. get on someone's tits

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