get on someone's bad side

English

Alternative forms

• get on someone's wrong side

Verb

get on someone's bad side (third-person singular simple present gets on someone's bad side, present participle getting on someone's bad side, simple past got on someone's bad side, past participle (UK) got on someone's bad side or (US) gotten on someone's bad side)

1. To do something to upset or anger somebody.

   You don't want to get on that guy's bad side. He loses his temper very quickly and easily.

   Antonym: get on someone's good side

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: saada joku näyttämään huonoa puoltaan (literally “to make someone show their bad side”)
• French: se mettre à dos (fr), s’attirer les foudres de

See also

• bad books

References

• “get on someone's bad side”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.