Get a cob on British informal verb phrase mainly UK
To get anxious, furious, or annoyed.
I didn't know why she suddenly got a cob on and lashed out at other children.
He got a cob on when he found out about their plots.
She got a cob on over the way she had been tricked
To argue with somebody
1. Become angry or lose self-control
2. To plunge into the deep part of a pool
To look or glare very angrily at someone
A deliberate provocation will surely result in an adverse reaction such as angry and violent actions.
The verb "get" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase is used to describe something very modern or updated or something that no longer looks like what it's used to.
It has been a long time since I left my high school, and now I have to admit that it's certainly not your father's high school anymore.