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got on someone's nerves

got on someone's nerves is the simple past and past participle of get on someone's nerves.

Meaning of get on someone's nerves

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone.
    • There’s an insect buzzing around in my bedroom tonight, and it’s really getting on my nerves.

Questions about got on someone's nerves

What is got on someone's nerves the simple past and past participle of?
Got on someone's nerves is the simple past and past participle of get on someone's nerves.

Words near got on someone's nerves in the dictionary

  1. got on like a house on fire
  2. got on someone's bad side
  3. got on someone's case
  4. got on someone's grill
  5. got on someone's last nerve
  6. got on someone's nerves
  7. got on someone's tits
  8. got on someone's wick
  9. got on someone's wrong side
  10. got on the end of
  11. got on the stick

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