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gotten under one's goat

gotten under one's goat is the 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 gotten under one's goat

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

Words near gotten under one's goat in the dictionary

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

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