See get someone at it on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1958, Frank Norman, chapter 3, in Bang to Rights: An Account of Prison Life, page 136:",
"text": "You see I did this on perpose(sic) just to get her at it.",
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"ref": "1958, Frank Norman, chapter 3, in Bang to Rights: An Account of Prison Life, page 151:",
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"(slang, transitive) To have someone on, make fun of someone."
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