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gotten on someone's nerves

gotten on someone's nerves is the 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 gotten on someone's nerves

What is gotten on someone's nerves the past participle of?
Gotten on someone's nerves is the past participle of get on someone's nerves.

Words near gotten on someone's nerves in the dictionary

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

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