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gets under one's goat

gets under one's goat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get under someone's goat.

Meaning of get under someone's goat

Verb

get under someone's goat (third-person singular simple present gets under someone's goat, present participle getting under someone's goat, simple past got under someone's goat, past participle gotten under someone's goat or got under someone's goat)

  1. (figuratively, nonstandard, transitive) To irritate or annoy someone; to bother.
    • Maybe you would have been warm when you died; You should not have gotten under my goat.2013, Sherlyn Gajewski, Freedom of F-----g Speech Baby, page 105

Questions about gets under one's goat

What is gets under one's goat the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets under one's goat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get under someone's goat.

Words near gets under one's goat in the dictionary

  1. gets to the fireworks factory
  2. gets to the point
  3. gets together
  4. gets turned around
  5. gets under it
  6. gets under one's goat
  7. gets under someone's skin
  8. gets underneath someone's skin
  9. gets up
  10. gets up early
  11. gets up in

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