get under someone's skin
The phrase 'get under someone's skin' is an idiom used to describe causing irritation or having a deep emotional impact on someone.
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Definition
B2General
(informal)To irritate or annoy someone intensely.
Example
- His constant boasting was beginning to get under my skin.
- The noise from the construction site really gets under her skin.
B2Emotional Impact
(informal)To affect someone deeply on an emotional level, often unexpectedly.
Example
- The city got under my skin, and I found myself missing it when I left.
- The character she played in the movie really got under her skin.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "get under someone's skin":
get in someone's hairget into someone's headrattle someone's cageset someone's teeth on edgebe on someone's nutstread on someone's toesgive someone the shitsdrive someone crazyrustle someone's jimmiesget one's claws outcut to the quickgive someone a hard timego to someone's head