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got bent out of shape

got bent out of shape is the simple past and past participle of get bent out of shape.

Meaning of get bent out of shape

Verb

get bent out of shape (third-person singular simple present gets bent out of shape, present participle getting bent out of shape, simple past got bent out of shape, past participle (UK) got bent out of shape or (US) gotten bent out of shape)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To take offense; to become angry, agitated, or upset.
    • They stopped inviting him to the gatherings, and he really got bent out of shape about it.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, bend, out of, shape.

Questions about got bent out of shape

What is got bent out of shape the simple past and past participle of?
Got bent out of shape is the simple past and past participle of get bent out of shape.

Words near got bent out of shape in the dictionary

  1. got back
  2. got back at
  3. got back on the horse that bucked one
  4. got back to
  5. got behind
  6. got bent out of shape
  7. got better
  8. got between
  9. got blood from a stone
  10. got blood from a turnip
  11. got blood out of a stone

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