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gets someone's back up

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

Meaning of get someone's back up

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To annoy or anger someone.
    • That joke really got my boss's back up.

Questions about gets someone's back up

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

Words near gets someone's back up in the dictionary

  1. gets someone at it
  2. gets someone for a Tartar
  3. gets someone in a line
  4. gets someone there
  5. gets someone's back
  6. gets someone's back up
  7. gets someone's dander up
  8. gets someone's drift
  9. gets someone's goat
  10. gets someone's Irish up
  11. gets someone's nanny

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