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See: GET ONE'S GOAT.

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get one's goat

[get one's goat] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make a person disgusted or angry. * /The boy's laziness all summer got his father's goat./ * /The slow service at the cafe […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

just for the fun of it

[just for the fun of it] {adv. phr.} Merely as a matter of amusement. * /"I'll bring a goat to class," Bob said to his classmates, "just for the fun […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

think a great deal of

[think a great deal of] or "think a lot of" also "think much of" {v. phr.} To consider to be very worthy, valuable, or important; to esteem highly. * /Mary […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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