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gets someone's dander up

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

Meaning of get someone's dander up

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To anger or annoy someone.
    • Miss Jessie ain't afeard of the great, wicked, white man heself, when she gets her dander up; […]1846, Harriot F. Curtis, Jessie's Flirtations, page 89

Questions about gets someone's dander up

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

Words near gets someone's dander up in the dictionary

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

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