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getting on someone's grill

getting on someone's grill is the present participle and gerund of get on someone's grill.

Meaning of get on someone's grill

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To enter someone's personal space in an aggressive or hostile manner.
    • Raise my flag, can't step on my heel
      Crime means cops that'll get on my grill
      If I don't bust in the ends, who, what
      Blud, if I don't bust in the ends, who will?2021, Jaykae, “Chop (Henry the 8th)”

Questions about getting on someone's grill

What is getting on someone's grill the present participle and gerund of?
Getting on someone's grill is the present participle and gerund of get on someone's grill.

Words near getting on someone's grill in the dictionary

  1. getting on
  2. getting on at
  3. getting on like a house on fire
  4. getting on someone's bad side
  5. getting on someone's case
  6. getting on someone's grill
  7. getting on someone's last nerve
  8. getting on someone's nerves
  9. getting on someone's tits
  10. getting on someone's wick
  11. getting on someone's wrong side

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