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gets one's monkey up

gets one's monkey up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's monkey up.

Meaning of get one's monkey up

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To make someone angry, annoyed or irritated.

Questions about gets one's monkey up

What is gets one's monkey up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets one's monkey up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's monkey up.

Words near gets one's monkey up in the dictionary

  1. gets one's knickers in a twist
  2. gets one's leg over
  3. gets one's load on
  4. gets one's marching orders
  5. gets one's mind out of the gutter
  6. gets one's monkey up
  7. gets one's oats
  8. gets one's own back
  9. gets one's own way
  10. gets one's panties in a bunch
  11. gets one's panties in a pretzel

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