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gets one's shirt out

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

Meaning of get one's shirt out

Verb

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

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To become angry or annoyed; to lose one's temper.
    • "All right, sir, all right," said Chizzlem, lighting a huge cigar; "there it is, don't get your shirt out about it. I daresay I'll get along well enough without you. Though why you should be ashamed at what some of the flyest men do regularly, I can't tell."1883, Robert Harborough Sherard, A Bartered Honour: A Novel, Volume 1, Remington, page 183

Questions about gets one's shirt out

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

Words near gets one's shirt out in the dictionary

  1. gets one's priorities right
  2. gets one's priorities straight
  3. gets one's rocks off
  4. gets one's shine box
  5. gets one's shinebox
  6. gets one's shirt out
  7. gets one's shit pushed in
  8. gets one's shit together
  9. gets one's shorts in a knot
  10. gets one's shtick together
  11. gets one's skates on

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