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fry someone's bacon en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) To upset or infuriate one; to push one beyond endurance.
    • As upside-down as it seems to most adults, many kids see lying as a respectful, loving, sensitive act if it protects someone they look up to from unpleasant information. I can't imagine where they learned that. And let's not forget about sex. Can I just tell you how much pornography fries my bacon? 1999, Jim Hancock, Raising Adults: Getting Kids Ready for the Real World, page 40:
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fry, someone's, bacon.

Forms

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frying someone's bacon Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fries someone's bacon Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fried someone's bacon Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fried someone's bacon Tense=Past lexicographic