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getting on someone's nerves

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

Meaning of get on someone's nerves

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone.
    • There’s an insect buzzing around in my bedroom tonight, and it’s really getting on my nerves.

Questions about getting on someone's nerves

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

Words near getting on someone's nerves in the dictionary

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

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