"get one's panties in a bunch" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-get one's panties in a bunch.ogg [Australia] Forms: gets one's panties in a bunch [present, singular, third-person], getting one's panties in a bunch [participle, present], got one's panties in a bunch [past], got one's panties in a bunch [UK, participle, past], gotten one's panties in a bunch [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> one's panties in a bunch}} get one's panties in a bunch (third-person singular simple present gets one's panties in a bunch, present participle getting one's panties in a bunch, simple past got one's panties in a bunch, past participle (UK) got one's panties in a bunch or (US) gotten one's panties in a bunch)
  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]
    Sense id: en-get_one's_panties_in_a_bunch-en-verb-nzAMiUrG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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