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getting someone at it

getting someone at it is the present participle and gerund of get someone at it.

Meaning of get someone at it

Verb

get someone at it (third-person singular simple present gets someone at it, present participle getting someone at it, simple past got someone at it, past participle (UK) got someone at it or (US) gotten someone at it)

  1. (slang, transitive) To have someone on, make fun of someone.
    • You see I did this on perpose(sic) just to get her at it.1958, Frank Norman, chapter 3, in Bang to Rights: An Account of Prison Life, page 136
  2. (slang, transitive) To get someone in a cycle of pointless iterations.
    • I don't mean to get you at it, but can you make further changes to your article?

Questions about getting someone at it

What is getting someone at it the present participle and gerund of?
Getting someone at it is the present participle and gerund of get someone at it.

Words near getting someone at it in the dictionary

  1. getting round to
  2. getting rounds
  3. getting sick
  4. getting some
  5. getting some air
  6. getting someone at it
  7. getting someone for a Tartar
  8. getting someone in a line
  9. getting someone there
  10. getting someone's back
  11. getting someone's back up

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