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get one's panties in a pretzel

get one's panties in a pretzel verb: synonym of get one's knickers in a twist.

Verb

get one's panties in a pretzel (third-person singular simple present gets one's panties in a pretzel, present participle getting one's panties in a pretzel, simple past got one's panties in a pretzel, past participle (UK) got one's panties in a pretzel or (US) gotten one's panties in a pretzel)

  1. (humorous, idiomatic, informal, rare) Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist.
    • “Don't get your panties in a pretzel, darling. I simply want to scare him so that he pulls over.” Kitty yanked off her fez and stuck her head into the howling wind. Her hair whipped around her eyes, and she pushed it out of the way.2008, Susan Goodwill, Little Shop of Murders, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 13

Synonyms of get one's panties in a pretzel

Forms of get one's panties in a pretzel

third-person singular presentgets one's panties in a pretzel
present participlegetting one's panties in a pretzel
pastgot one's panties in a pretzel
past participle UKgot one's panties in a pretzel
past participle USgotten one's panties in a pretzel

Questions about get one's panties in a pretzel

What does get one's panties in a pretzel mean?
Get one's panties in a pretzel means synonym of get one's knickers in a twist.
What part of speech is get one's panties in a pretzel?
Get one's panties in a pretzel is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's panties in a pretzel?
The past tense of get one's panties in a pretzel is got one's panties in a pretzel.

Words near get one's panties in a pretzel in the dictionary

  1. get one's monkey up
  2. get one's oats
  3. get one's own back
  4. get one's own way
  5. get one's panties in a bunch
  6. get one's panties in a pretzel
  7. get one's panties in a wad
  8. get one's poop together
  9. get one's priorities right
  10. get one's priorities straight
  11. get one's rocks off

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