gets someone's goat
gets someone's goat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get someone's goat.
Meaning of get someone's goat
Verb
get someone's goat (third-person singular simple present gets someone's goat, present participle getting someone's goat, simple past got someone's goat, past participle (UK) got someone's goat or (US) gotten someone's goat)
- To annoy or infuriate someone.
- It really gets my goat when inconsiderate people drop litter in public.
- Synonyms:
- get someone's nanny, get someone's nanny-goat, get under one's goat, give someone the shits, aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting
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