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get someone's goat

Fig. to irritate someone; to annoy and arouse someone to anger. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get your goat. Jean got Sally's goat and Sally made quite a fuss about it.

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I have goats now, and layer feed has too much copper in it so the chickens get goat ration, cracked corn and sweet feed. It is cheaper to raise your own eggs by Kepple, Rick / Countryside & Small Stock Journal Chairwoman of the co-operative Mary Ballantine said: "We have had a lot of inquiries from people eager to get goat meat, having tried and liked it on holiday. Shops cash in on goat meat craze by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			get down to business get down to cases get down to the facts get down to the nitty-gritty get down to the nuts and bolts get drift get ducks in a row get ears pinned back get ears set out get end away get enough nerve up get euchred out of get even get eye in get feet under the table get feet wet get fill get finger out get fingers burned get flak get foot in the door get free get free of get fresh get fresh with get goat get going get going with get groove on get hands dirty get hands dirty and dirty hands; soil hands get hands on get head above water and have head above water get head around get head down get head together get her claws into get hold of get home to get hooks in get hooks into get hopes up get in get in deeper get in gear get in hair get in on the act get in on the ground floor get in the act get in the swing of things get in the way			get feet wet get feet wet get feet wet get feet wet get fill get finger out get finger out get finger out get finger out get fingers burned get fingers burned get fingers burned get fingers burned get fingers burnt get fingers burnt get fingers burnt get fingers burnt Get Fit Avoid Falls get flak Get Flat Tire get foot in the door Get Free Get Free Get Free (song) get free from get free of Get Fresh Get Fresh Body Butter Apricot/Chamomile get fresh with Get Genuine Kit get goat get going get going get going get going get going get going get going with get groove on get hackles up get hand get hand get hand get hand get hands dirty get hands dirty get hands dirty get hands dirty get hands dirty and dirty hands; soil hands get hands off get hands on get head above water and have head above water get head around get head around get head around get head around get head around get head down get head down get head down get head down

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