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gets someone at it

gets someone at it is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get someone at it.

Meaning of get someone at it

Verb

get someone at it (third-person singular simple present gets someone at it, present participle getting someone at it, simple past got someone at it, past participle (UK) got someone at it or (US) gotten someone at it)

  1. (slang, transitive) To have someone on, make fun of someone.
    • You see I did this on perpose(sic) just to get her at it.1958, Frank Norman, chapter 3, in Bang to Rights: An Account of Prison Life, page 136
  2. (slang, transitive) To get someone in a cycle of pointless iterations.
    • I don't mean to get you at it, but can you make further changes to your article?

Questions about gets someone at it

What is gets someone at it the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets someone at it is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get someone at it.

Words near gets someone at it in the dictionary

  1. gets round to
  2. gets rounds
  3. gets sick
  4. gets some
  5. gets some air
  6. gets someone at it
  7. gets someone for a Tartar
  8. gets someone in a line
  9. gets someone there
  10. gets someone's back
  11. gets someone's back up

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