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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

Present participle for to acquire or gain possession of (something)

Present participle for to reach or gain access to something

Present participle for to intent to mean, sometimes indirectly

(British, informal) Present participle for to harass or torment someone, typically subtly and repeatedly

(British, informal) Present participle for to bribe or unfairly influence someone

Present participle for to determine or dictate

Present participle for discover information by means of an assiduous search or investigation

Present participle for to be impossible to understand

Present participle for to search for something, typically information

Present participle for to criticize or point out the mistakes or weaknesses in

Present participle for to insult or put down, especially in a spiteful way

Present participle for to physically attack violently

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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting someone's dander up

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

getting up someone's nose

tormenting

baiting

humping

getting on one's nerves

eating at

giving a hard time

picking on

making somebody's hackles rise

rubbing the wrong way

ruffling one's feathers

trying the patience of

tantalizing^US

getting your dander up

tantalising^UK

rattling someone's cage

bending someone's ear

keeping after

stinging

working up

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

messing

pushing someon's buttons

putting someone's nose out of joint

running up the wrong way

agonizing^US

driving you up the wall

agonising^UK

making someone fed up

hurting somebody's feelings

getting your hackles up

breathing down someone's neck

rubbing you up the wrong way

getting someone's wick

causing discomfort to

sending up

knocking the stuffing out of

making someone's hackles rise

getting on someone's nerves

getting someone's hackles up

ruffling someone's feathers

getting under someone's skin

getting in someone's hair

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

setting someone's teeth on edge

treading on someone's toes

making someone scratch their head

making an enemy of somebody

setting on edge

getting on the wrong side of

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

putting to some trouble

bringing pressure to bear on

pushing the buttons of

thumbing nose at

causing suffering

bleeding

getting across someone

causing sorrow

lambasting

making your gorge rise

labouring^UK

laboring^US

filling with loathing

causing someone distress

creating difficulties for

causing inconvenience to

disengaging

detaching

disconnecting

sending over the edge

hurting the feelings of

tugging at your heartstrings

putting into a flap

putting someone off their stroke

stumping

making nervous

throwing into tizzy

causing someone to lose their composure

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

harshing someone's mellow

running down

making gloomy

darkening

giving someone the blues

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

dampening spirits

abasing

bearing down

breaking someone's heart

satirizing^US

pulling someone's leg

taking the piss out of

satirising^UK

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“If somebody were to insult me and call me crazy, I feel like that would really get at me.”

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Present participle for to acquire or gain possession of (something)

realizing^US

coming into possession of

realising^UK

begging borrow or steal

getting your hands on

getting possession of

possessing oneself of

getting one's mitts on

following through with

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“In her view, one way to get at success is to define it in terms of what the patient wants from treatment and what the therapist wants.”

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Present participle for to reach or gain access to something

“It was possible to actually reach in and get at the components of your engine.”

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Present participle for to intent to mean, sometimes indirectly

signaling^US

signalling^UK

symbolizing^US

symbolising^UK

giving someone to understand

giving someone to believe

dropping a hint

reminding

adumbrating

making a reference to the fact

referring to the fact

putting one in mind of

referring

adverting

putting you in mind of

putting someone in mind of

making you think of

bringing to mind

pointing in direction of

conveying the impression

rumoring

pointing toward

making reference to the fact

affirming

ascribing

tipping someone the wink about

letting the cat out of the bag

rumouring

spilling the beans

asserting

giving someone an inkling of

giving the impression

approaching the subject of

predicting

exhibiting

proclaiming

introducing the subject of

foretelling

making overtures about

announcing

making advances about

making somebody believe

mentioning in passing

putting one's finger on

putting down for

drawing attention to

mentioning en passant

referring in passing

speaking briefly of

making an allusion to

making a passing reference

leading to the belief

leading you to believe

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“What exactly were you trying to get at when you scratched your nose and winked?”

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(British, informal) Present participle for to harass or torment someone, typically subtly and repeatedly

“Keane has improved his aggression in the past few seasons, and I think that is one thing critics can not get at him for.”

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(British, informal) Present participle for to bribe or unfairly influence someone

“It occurs to me that any of those seven judges could have been got at.”

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Present participle for to determine or dictate

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Present participle for discover information by means of an assiduous search or investigation

bringing into the open

localizing^US

localising^UK

recognizing^US

realizing^US

recognising^UK

realising^UK

getting wind of the fact

having an aha moment

getting wise to the fact

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Present participle for to be impossible to understand

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Present participle for to search for something, typically information

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Present participle for to criticize or point out the mistakes or weaknesses in

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

casting aspersions on

giving a bad press to

pummelling^UK

throwing brickbats at

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

giving something a battering

passing strictures upon

belaboring^US

giving someone a dressing-down

belabouring^UK

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

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Present participle for to insult or put down, especially in a spiteful way

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Present participle for to physically attack violently

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