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getting on someone's wick

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

Meaning of get on someone's wick

Verb

get on someone's wick (third-person singular simple present gets on someone's wick, present participle getting on someone's wick, simple past and past participle got on someone's wick)

  1. (UK, colloquial) To annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.
    • His silly questions are really getting on my wick.

Questions about getting on someone's wick

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

Words near getting on someone's wick in the dictionary

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

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