get someone's goat
verb/ˌɡɛt ˈsʌmwʌnz ˈɡəʊt/UK/ˌɡɛt ˈsʌmwʌnz ˈɡoʊt/US
Etymology
Uncertain; it has been suggested that the term may be derived from French prendre la chèvre (literally “to take the goat”), or refer to the stealing of a goat mascot from a military unit, etc.
- derived from prendre la chèvre
Definitions
To annoy or infuriate someone.
- It really gets my goat when inconsiderate people drop litter in public.
- If he had legged it on his own account, because what he heard me say got his goat, I could understand that.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for get someone's goat. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA