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get/grate on nerves

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get/grate on someone's nerves (informal)

to annoy someone, especially by doing something again and again. If we spend too much time together we end up getting on each other's nerves. The telephone hadn't stopped ringing all morning and it was starting to grate on my nerves.

See also: nerve

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