"get someone at it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gets someone at it [present, singular, third-person], getting someone at it [participle, present], got someone at it [past], got someone at it [UK, participle, past], gotten someone at it [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> someone at it}} get someone at it (third-person singular simple present gets someone at it, present participle getting someone at it, simple past got someone at it, past participle (UK) got someone at it or (US) gotten someone at it)
  1. (slang, transitive) To have someone on, make fun of someone. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-get_someone_at_it-en-verb-jQb76oLl
  2. (slang, transitive) To get someone in a cycle of pointless iterations. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-get_someone_at_it-en-verb-yemJPZdg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "at", English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "at": 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1958, Frank Norman, chapter 3, in Bang to Rights: An Account of Prison Life, page 136:",
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