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got under one's goat

got under one's goat is the simple past and past participle of get under someone's goat.

Meaning of get under someone's goat

Verb

get under someone's goat (third-person singular simple present gets under someone's goat, present participle getting under someone's goat, simple past got under someone's goat, past participle gotten under someone's goat or got under someone's goat)

  1. (figuratively, nonstandard, transitive) To irritate or annoy someone; to bother.
    • Maybe you would have been warm when you died; You should not have gotten under my goat.2013, Sherlyn Gajewski, Freedom of F-----g Speech Baby, page 105

Questions about got under one's goat

What is got under one's goat the simple past and past participle of?
Got under one's goat is the simple past and past participle of get under someone's goat.

Words near got under one's goat in the dictionary

  1. got to the fireworks factory
  2. got to the point
  3. got together
  4. got turned around
  5. got under it
  6. got under one's goat
  7. got under someone's skin
  8. got underneath someone's skin
  9. got up
  10. got up early
  11. got up in

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