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gets on someone's nerves

gets on someone's nerves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get on someone's nerves.

Meaning of get on someone's nerves

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone.
    • There’s an insect buzzing around in my bedroom tonight, and it’s really getting on my nerves.

Questions about gets on someone's nerves

What is gets on someone's nerves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets on someone's nerves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get on someone's nerves.

Words near gets on someone's nerves in the dictionary

  1. gets on like a house on fire
  2. gets on someone's bad side
  3. gets on someone's case
  4. gets on someone's grill
  5. gets on someone's last nerve
  6. gets on someone's nerves
  7. gets on someone's tits
  8. gets on someone's wick
  9. gets on someone's wrong side
  10. gets on the end of
  11. gets on the stick

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