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What is another word for be like a red rag to a bull?

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Verb

To cause to become angry

rub up the wrong way

make someone see red

get your back up

make your blood boil

put your back up

send into a rage

make somebody's hackles rise

raise your hackles

make you see red

drive up the wall

get on your nerves

give someone the hump

get under your skin

get in your hair

get on one's nerves

rub the wrong way

drive to distraction

give someone the pip

get up someone's nose

get on your wick

drive round the bend

drive round the twist

get your dander up

ruffle one's feathers

try your patience

get your hackles up

give a hard time

rattle someone's cage

be on your back

drive you up the wall

put someone's nose out of joint

rub you up the wrong way

give someone grief

get a rise out of

be on the back of

be a thorn in someone's flesh

make somebody's blood boil

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

get across someone

stick in one's craw

set one's teeth on edge

hit where one lives

get someone's wick

lose one's temper

push one's buttons

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

rattle one's cage

run up the wrong way

irritate greatly

cause resentment to

cause annoyance to

breathe down someone's neck

work into lather

hit a sour note

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

push someon's buttons

try the patience of

take a rise out of

drive you crazy

drive you out of your mind

drive you to distraction

drive you round the bend

drive you round the twist

cut to the quick

give offence to

be an affront to

make discontented

cause offence to

cause offense to

give a bad time

cause suffering to

hurt somebody's feelings

weigh heavily on

cause anguish to

cause trouble to

throw off balance

cause anxiety to

be a nuisance to

be on one's case

cause concern to

be a great weight on

cause discomfort to

make uncomfortable

weigh heavily on one's mind

put pressure on

prey on your mind

rattle someone's chain

upset the applecart

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

cause suffering

be in someone's way

rasp one's nerves

play cat and mouse

put through wringer

rub salt in wound

set someone's teeth on edge

arouse hostility in

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

arouse anxiety in

make it tough for

be the victim of

bring pressure to bear on

put the squeeze on

be in someone's hair

break one's heart

give the business

jump on one's case

put a damper on

break the heart of

put into a funk

kick up a stink

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

make someone fed up

give the needle

have had enough

exhaust someone's patience

mess with someone's head

do someone's head in

come back to haunt

be disagreeable

tread on someone's toes

make despondent

take the heart out of

be a weight on one's mind

give the cold shoulder

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

weigh heavily on someone's mind

bend someone's ear

be afflicted with

be plagued with

get on someone's case

put someone off their stroke

be blighted with

be burdened with

be bedevilled by

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into tizzy

have someone do something

use strong-arm tactics on

twist someone's arm

put the heat on

put the screws on

rule with an iron hand

trample underfoot

weigh heavy upon

rule with a rod of iron

ride roughshod over

pull someone's leg

make jokes about

make a monkey of

take the mickey

poke mullock at

take the piss out of

be sarcastic about

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“But if someone was to question the mentality that would be like a red rag to a bull for me because I just love proving people wrong.”

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