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getting under one's goat

getting under one's goat is the present participle and gerund of get under someone's goat.

Meaning of get under someone's goat

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively, nonstandard, transitive) To irritate or annoy someone; to bother.
    • Maybe you would have been warm when you died; You should not have gotten under my goat.2013, Sherlyn Gajewski, Freedom of F-----g Speech Baby, page 105

Questions about getting under one's goat

What is getting under one's goat the present participle and gerund of?
Getting under one's goat is the present participle and gerund of get under someone's goat.

Words near getting under one's goat in the dictionary

  1. getting to the fireworks factory
  2. getting to the point
  3. getting together
  4. getting turned around
  5. getting under it
  6. getting under one's goat
  7. getting under someone's skin
  8. getting underneath someone's skin
  9. getting up
  10. getting up early
  11. getting up in

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