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got one's monkey up

got one's monkey up is the simple past and past participle of get one's monkey up.

Meaning of get one's monkey up

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To make someone angry, annoyed or irritated.

Questions about got one's monkey up

What is got one's monkey up the simple past and past participle of?
Got one's monkey up is the simple past and past participle of get one's monkey up.

Words near got one's monkey up in the dictionary

  1. got one's knickers in a twist
  2. got one's leg over
  3. got one's load on
  4. got one's marching orders
  5. got one's mind out of the gutter
  6. got one's monkey up
  7. got one's oats
  8. got one's own back
  9. got one's own way
  10. got one's panties in a bunch
  11. got one's panties in a pretzel

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