"get one's knickers in a knot" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gets one's knickers in a knot [present, singular, third-person], getting one's knickers in a knot [participle, present], got one's knickers in a knot [participle, past], got one's knickers in a knot [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got> one's knickers in a knot}} get one's knickers in a knot (third-person singular simple present gets one's knickers in a knot, present participle getting one's knickers in a knot, simple past and past participle got one's knickers in a knot)
  1. (idiomatic, humorous, informal) Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist Tags: humorous, idiomatic, informal Synonyms: get one's knickers in a twist [synonym, synonym-of]
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Inflected forms

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