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got someone at it

got someone at it is the simple past and past participle of get someone at it.

Meaning of get someone at it

Verb

get someone at it (third-person singular simple present gets someone at it, present participle getting someone at it, simple past got someone at it, past participle (UK) got someone at it or (US) gotten someone at it)

  1. (slang, transitive) To have someone on, make fun of someone.
    • You see I did this on perpose(sic) just to get her at it.1958, Frank Norman, chapter 3, in Bang to Rights: An Account of Prison Life, page 136
  2. (slang, transitive) To get someone in a cycle of pointless iterations.
    • I don't mean to get you at it, but can you make further changes to your article?

Questions about got someone at it

What is got someone at it the simple past and past participle of?
Got someone at it is the simple past and past participle of get someone at it.

Words near got someone at it in the dictionary

  1. got round to
  2. got rounds
  3. got sick
  4. got some
  5. got some air
  6. got someone at it
  7. got someone for a Tartar
  8. got someone in a line
  9. got someone there
  10. got someone's back
  11. got someone's back up

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