get a rise out of
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[edit]get a rise out of (third-person singular simple present gets a rise out of, present participle getting a rise out of, simple past got a rise out of, past participle (UK) got a rise out of or (US) gotten a rise out of)
- (chiefly US, transitive, idiomatic) To obtain a reaction from (someone), especially one of annoyance.
- 1985, John Hughes, directed by John Hughes, The Breakfast Club, spoken by Claire Standish (Molly Ringwald):
- He's just doing it to get a rise out of you. Just ignore him.
- 2007 September 26, Joe Klein, “Inflating a Little Man”, in Time:
- Ahmadinejad is no simpleton. . . . His Holocaust denial is a flagrant ploy—the easiest way to get a rise out of the Jewish community.
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[edit]- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.