English Explanatory Dictionary

get under someone's goat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To irritate or annoy someone; to bother.

Word forms

get under someone's goat gets under someone's goat getting under someone's goat got under someone's goat gotten under someone's goat

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of get under one's skin + get someone's goat.

Synonyms

get someone's goat aggravate annoy nettle rankle ruffle sting antagonize bother disgruntle botherate bug get grate burn up bedevil cheese off devil exasperate frustrate get up grotch hack off hassle irk irritate jazz molest mommick nark nerve pee off peeve persecute pique piss off provoke rile rile up roil storm test someone's patience tick off trouble try one's patience vex wind up Idioms: boil someone's piss chap someone's hide get on someone's nerves get on someone's tits get on someone's wick get someone's back up get someone's dander up get someone's Irish up get someone's nanny get someone's nanny-goat get under one's goat get under someone's skin
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