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gotten someone's dander up

gotten someone's dander up is the 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 gotten someone's dander up

What is gotten someone's dander up the past participle of?
Gotten someone's dander up is the past participle of get someone's dander up.

Words near gotten someone's dander up in the dictionary

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

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