Definition
To irritate someone.
To make a memorable impression or have a strong effect on someone; to impact someone's feelings, especially when such an effect is not expected or wanted.
In Context
- "[T]his Bolshevist stuff gets under my skin. I've got a home and a family here. I started in to work when I was thirteen, and all I've got I've made and saved right here."
- "She could get under his skin and drag on the raw places."
- "The pope has not said if Milei’s tirades have got under his skin. “I know they say things about me but I ignore it for my mental health,” he said in a television interview. “I will pray for them.”"
- "Some TV shows get under your skin with lovable characters or subtle writing."
- "More than 400 people died from heat in 2022, but there was one story, an African American teenager called Caleb Blair, which got under my skin."
See Also
- get in someone's hair
- get under someone's goat