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got someone's dander up

got someone's dander up is the simple past and past participle of get someone's dander up.

Meaning of get someone's dander up

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To anger or annoy someone.
    • Miss Jessie ain't afeard of the great, wicked, white man heself, when she gets her dander up; […]1846, Harriot F. Curtis, Jessie's Flirtations, page 89

Questions about got someone's dander up

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

Words near got someone's dander up in the dictionary

  1. got someone for a Tartar
  2. got someone in a line
  3. got someone there
  4. got someone's back
  5. got someone's back up
  6. got someone's dander up
  7. got someone's drift
  8. got someone's goat
  9. got someone's Irish up
  10. got someone's nanny
  11. got someone's nanny-goat

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