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get up someone's nose

get up someone's nose verb: to annoy someone; to get on someone's nerves.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To annoy someone; to get on someone's nerves.

Forms of get up someone's nose

third-person singular presentgets up someone's nose
present participlegetting up someone's nose
pastgot up someone's nose
past participle UKgot up someone's nose
past participle USgotten up someone's nose

Questions about get up someone's nose

What does get up someone's nose mean?
Get up someone's nose means to annoy someone; to get on someone's nerves.
What part of speech is get up someone's nose?
Get up someone's nose is a verb.
What is the past tense of get up someone's nose?
The past tense of get up someone's nose is got up someone's nose.

Words near get up someone's nose in the dictionary

  1. get up in someone's grill
  2. get up into
  3. get up off
  4. get up on the wrong side of bed
  5. get up on the wrong side of the bed
  6. get up someone's nose
  7. get up the yard
  8. get up to
  9. get up with the chickens
  10. get used
  11. get wasted

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