get someone's goat

verb as in get

Strong matches

aggravate
annoy
bother
bug
exasperate
gall
irk
nettle
peeve
pique
provoke
rile
try
vex

Weak matches

burn
put out
rub the wrong way

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“Mr. Christian reported that if he has been drinking, he tends to ‘talk politics’ on the MAX to see if he ‘can get someone’s goat,’” Cunningham wrote.

get someone's goat

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