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get someone's nanny-goat

get someone's nanny-goat is the alternative form of get someone's goat.

Meaning of get someone's goat

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To annoy or infuriate someone.
    • It really gets my goat when inconsiderate people drop litter in public.

Forms of get someone's nanny-goat

third-person singular presentgets someone's nanny-goat
present participlegetting someone's nanny-goat
pastgot someone's nanny-goat
past participle UKgot someone's nanny-goat
past participle USgotten someone's nanny-goat

Questions about get someone's nanny-goat

What is get someone's nanny-goat the alternative form of?
Get someone's nanny-goat is the alternative form of get someone's goat.

Words near get someone's nanny-goat in the dictionary

  1. get someone's drift
  2. get someone's goat
  3. get someone's Irish up
  4. get someone's motor running
  5. get someone's nanny
  6. get someone's nanny-goat
  7. get someone's neurons firing
  8. get someone's number
  9. get someone's shirt out
  10. get something over with
  11. get something twisted

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