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gotten someone at it

gotten someone at it is the 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 gotten someone at it

What is gotten someone at it the past participle of?
Gotten someone at it is the past participle of get someone at it.

Words near gotten someone at it in the dictionary

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

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