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get on nerves
(redirected from grate on nerves)

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get/grate on somebody'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: get, nerve

get on your nerves
to annoy someone a lot Sometimes watching TV really gets on my nerves because of all the commercials.
See also: get, nerve


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Anyone who dissolves into fits of laughter at the end of every sentence they utter, because no one else is even smiling, will grate on nerves.
Anyone who dissolves into fits of laughter at the end of every sentence they utter, because no one else is even smiling, will grate on nerves.
 
 
 
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