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getting someone's dander up

getting someone's dander up is the present participle and gerund of get someone's dander up.

Meaning of get someone's dander up

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To anger or annoy someone.
    • Miss Jessie ain't afeard of the great, wicked, white man heself, when she gets her dander up; […]1846, Harriot F. Curtis, Jessie's Flirtations, page 89

Questions about getting someone's dander up

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

Words near getting someone's dander up in the dictionary

  1. getting someone for a Tartar
  2. getting someone in a line
  3. getting someone there
  4. getting someone's back
  5. getting someone's back up
  6. getting someone's dander up
  7. getting someone's drift
  8. getting someone's goat
  9. getting someone's Irish up
  10. getting someone's nanny
  11. getting someone's nanny-goat

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