get someone at it
get someone at it verb: to have someone on, make fun of someone.
Verb
get someone at it (third-person singular simple present gets someone at it, present participle getting someone at it, simple past got someone at it, past participle (UK) got someone at it or (US) gotten someone at it)
- To have someone on, make fun of someone.
- You see I did this on perpose(sic) just to get her at it.1958, Frank Norman, chapter 3, in Bang to Rights: An Account of Prison Life, page 136
- What he did'nt(sic) realise was that the boggie(sic - bogey(police officer)) was getting her at it.1958, Frank Norman, chapter 3, in Bang to Rights: An Account of Prison Life, page 151
- To get someone in a cycle of pointless iterations.
- I don't mean to get you at it, but can you make further changes to your article?
Forms of get someone at it
| third-person singular present | gets someone at it |
|---|---|
| present participle | getting someone at it |
| past | got someone at it |
| past participle UK | got someone at it |
| past participle US | gotten someone at it |
Questions about get someone at it
- What does get someone at it mean?
- Get someone at it means to have someone on, make fun of someone.
- What part of speech is get someone at it?
- Get someone at it is a verb.
- What is the past tense of get someone at it?
- The past tense of get someone at it is got someone at it.
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