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gotten someone's goat

gotten someone's goat is the past participle of get someone's goat.

Meaning of get someone's goat

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To annoy or infuriate someone.
    • It really gets my goat when inconsiderate people drop litter in public.

Questions about gotten someone's goat

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

Words near gotten someone's goat in the dictionary

  1. gotten someone there
  2. gotten someone's back
  3. gotten someone's back up
  4. gotten someone's dander up
  5. gotten someone's drift
  6. gotten someone's goat
  7. gotten someone's Irish up
  8. gotten someone's nanny
  9. gotten someone's nanny-goat
  10. gotten someone's number
  11. gotten someone's shirt out

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