"get on someone's wick" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gets on someone's wick [present, singular, third-person], getting on someone's wick [participle, present], got on someone's wick [participle, past], got on someone's wick [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got> on someone's wick}} get 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)
  1. (UK, colloquial) To annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions. Tags: UK, colloquial Synonyms: get on someone's nerves

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