get under skin

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to annoy sb

   BUT I PROMISED MYSELF WHEN YOU GAVE UP THE AVERY SCHOLARSHIP TO STAY HOME, I'D MAKE IT UP TO YOU ONE DAY.

   So, the trick is to get under their skin.

In the movies · 3

• So, the trick is to get under their skin.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
• BUT I PROMISED MYSELF WHEN YOU GAVE UP THE AVERY SCHOLARSHIP TO STAY HOME, I'D MAKE IT UP TO YOU ONE DAY.Anne of Avonlea1987
• She really did get under your skin.North by Northwest1959
• They have a knack for knowing just what will get under your skin.Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox2013
• Look, they're gonna try to get under your skin. You need to be ready.422013
• "Am I getting under your skin...Spiral2021
• He's getting under your skin, isn't he? He got under my skin once, and I'm still feeling it.The Tuxedo2002
• RACHEL SPECIALIZES IN GETTING UNDER PEOPLE'S SKIN, I KNOW, BUT YOU OUGHT TO HAVE BIT YOUR TONGUE, ANNE, SEEING AS WE WERE IN THE WRONG.Anne of Avonlea1987

Learn it in full scenes

• National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
  • Ensler Lets the Witness Talk
  • Ensler Corners the Witness
  • Tessa Comes Home After the Win

From the same entry

• by the skin of your teeth
• have got under your skin
• it's no skin off my, your, his, nose
• make your skin crawl
• skin and bone
• jump out of your skin
• save your skin
• a thick skin
• a thin skin
• keep your eyes peeled
• there's more than one way to skin a cat
• skin up

More idioms

• have eyes in the back of your head
• have your feet on the ground
• have your work cut out
• i beg to differ
• it is just as well
• keep quiet about
• keep your options open
• kill time
• lay a finger on
• lose your cool
• not far off
• play by the rules