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get up in someone's grill

get up in someone's grill is the alternative form of get on someone's grill.

Meaning of get on someone's grill

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To enter someone's personal space in an aggressive or hostile manner.
    • Raise my flag, can't step on my heel
      Crime means cops that'll get on my grill
      If I don't bust in the ends, who, what
      Blud, if I don't bust in the ends, who will?2021, Jaykae, “Chop (Henry the 8th)”

Forms of get up in someone's grill

third-person singular presentgets up in someone's grill
present participlegetting up in someone's grill
pastgot up in someone's grill
past participlegotten up in someone's grill
past participlegot up in someone's grill

Questions about get up in someone's grill

What is get up in someone's grill the alternative form of?
Get up in someone's grill is the alternative form of get on someone's grill.

Words near get up in someone's grill in the dictionary

  1. get underneath someone's skin
  2. get up
  3. get up early
  4. get up in
  5. get up in someone's face
  6. get up in someone's grill
  7. get up into
  8. get up off
  9. get up on the wrong side of bed
  10. get up on the wrong side of the bed
  11. get up someone's nose

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