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Meaning of get someone at it | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. To have someone on, make fun of someone.
    slang, transitive
  2. To get someone in a cycle of pointless iterations.
    slang, transitive

Examples

“You see I did this on perpose(sic) just to get her at it.”
“What he did'nt(sic) realise was that the boggie(sic - bogey(police officer)) was getting her at it.”
“I don't mean to get you at it, but can you make further changes to your article?”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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