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get one's monkey up

get one's monkey up verb: to make someone angry, annoyed or irritated.

Verb

get one's monkey up (third-person singular simple present gets one's monkey up, present participle getting one's monkey up, simple past got one's monkey up, past participle (UK) got one's monkey up or (US) gotten one's monkey up)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To make someone angry, annoyed or irritated.

Forms of get one's monkey up

third-person singular presentgets one's monkey up
present participlegetting one's monkey up
pastgot one's monkey up
past participle UKgot one's monkey up
past participle USgotten one's monkey up

Questions about get one's monkey up

What does get one's monkey up mean?
Get one's monkey up means to make someone angry, annoyed or irritated.
What part of speech is get one's monkey up?
Get one's monkey up is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's monkey up?
The past tense of get one's monkey up is got one's monkey up.

Words near get one's monkey up in the dictionary

  1. get one's knickers in a twist
  2. get one's leg over
  3. get one's load on
  4. get one's marching orders
  5. get one's mind out of the gutter
  6. get one's monkey up
  7. get one's oats
  8. get one's own back
  9. get one's own way
  10. get one's panties in a bunch
  11. get one's panties in a pretzel

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