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getting bent out of shape

getting bent out of shape is the present participle and gerund of get bent out of shape.

Meaning of get bent out of shape

Verb

get bent out of shape (third-person singular simple present gets bent out of shape, present participle getting bent out of shape, simple past got bent out of shape, past participle (UK) got bent out of shape or (US) gotten bent out of shape)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To take offense; to become angry, agitated, or upset.
    • They stopped inviting him to the gatherings, and he really got bent out of shape about it.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, bend, out of, shape.

Questions about getting bent out of shape

What is getting bent out of shape the present participle and gerund of?
Getting bent out of shape is the present participle and gerund of get bent out of shape.

Words near getting bent out of shape in the dictionary

  1. getting back
  2. getting back at
  3. getting back on the horse that bucked one
  4. getting back to
  5. getting behind
  6. getting bent out of shape
  7. getting better
  8. getting between
  9. getting blood from a stone
  10. getting blood from a turnip
  11. getting blood out of a stone

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