get on someone's wick

verb

To annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.

“His silly questions are really getting on my wick.”

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Meanings

verbget on someone's wick (third-person singular simple present gets on someone's wick, present participle getting on someone's wick, simple past and past participle got on someone's wick)

present singular third person gets on someone's wick · participle present getting on someone's wick · participle past got on someone's wick · past got on someone's wick

  1. UKcolloquialTo annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.

    His silly questions are really getting on my wick.

    Synonyms: get on someone's nerves, aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, burn someone's ass

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.

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Origin

Tony Thorne's Dictionary of Contemporary Slang states that wick is a shortening for Hampton Wick as rhyming slang for prick, i.e. penis.

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