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(usually used in third person form "gets") To annoy or irritate

Become upset, excited

To take offense

Verb

(usually used in third person form "gets") To annoy or irritate

rub up the wrong way

give someone the hump

make someone see red

be a thorn in someone's flesh

get in someone's hair

get on one's nerves

get on someone's nerves

get someone's back up

get someone's dander up

get someone's goat

get someone's wick

get under your skin

get up someone's nose

make your blood boil

make your hackles rise

rattle someone's cage

ruffle one's feathers

try your patience

drive up the wall

drive to distraction

put your back up

get your back up

get your dander up

get on your wick

get on your nerves

raise your hackles

be a thorn in someone's side

be a pain in the neck

give a hard time

rub the wrong way

drive you up the wall

get in your hair

drive round the twist

give someone the pip

drive round the bend

rub you up the wrong way

drive you crazy

drive you out of your mind

drive you off your head

drive you to distraction

drive you round the bend

make somebody's blood boil

make you see red

drive out of mind

send into a rage

drive you round the twist

raise someone's hackles

be on your back

give someone grief

make someone's blood boil

make someone's hackles rise

get under someone's skin

get on someone's wick

cut to the quick

try someone's patience

cause suffering to

put someone's back up

put someone's nose out of joint

get across someone

set one's teeth on edge

rattle one's cage

get on the wrong side of

try the patience of

breathe down someone's neck

throw off balance

get up somebody's nose

hurt someone's feelings

give a bad time

get a rise out of

be on the back of

hurt somebody's feelings

get someone's hackles up

stick in one's craw

cause trouble to

bend someone's ear

give offence to

make discontented

make someone fed up

get up your nose

cause anxiety to

hit where one lives

prey on your mind

cause anguish to

put on the spot

put somebody's nose out of joint

be on one's case

rattle someone's chain

put somebody's back up

push one's buttons

cause resentment to

cause annoyance to

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

put your nose out of joint

make an enemy of somebody

make somebody's hackles rise

lose one's temper

irritate greatly

breath down someone's neck

cause suffering

rasp one's nerves

give the business

be like a red rag to a bull

run up the wrong way

arouse hostility in

push someon's buttons

be in someone's way

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

inflict anguish on

find fault with

mess with someone's head

weigh heavily on one's mind

do someone's head in

be a great weight on

set someone's teeth on edge

work into lather

weigh heavily on someone's mind

be a weight on someone's mind

arouse anxiety in

make it tough for

break one's heart

put someone off their stroke

put pressure on

put a damper on

break the heart of

put into a funk

cause concern to

cause discomfort to

take a rise out of

bring pressure to bear on

put into a flap

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into a tizz

be in someone's hair

upset the applecart

make uncomfortable

throw into tizzy

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

lie heavy on someone's mind

prey on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

get the knife into

make things hot for someone

stick the knife into

make it hot for someone

get on someone's case

lose the affection of

have had enough

weigh heavily on

exhaust someone's patience

be the matter with

cause someone difficulty

be disagreeable

be an affront to

tread on someone's toes

be a problem to

make someone go out of his way

give someone bother

be a nuisance to

use strong-arm tactics on

ride roughshod over

cause bitterness

cause annoyance

cause resentment

eat away at one's mind

gnaw at one's mind

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Verb

Become upset, excited

become indignant

become infuriated

draw oneself up

take offense^US

take offence^UK

get your dander up

feel one's hackles rise

have one's hackles up

foam at the mouth

fly off the handle

be beside oneself

go off the deep end

froth at the mouth

jump up and down

get hot under the collar

be hot under the collar

be boiling over

lose your temper

lose one's temper

blow one's stack

be incandescent

have steam coming out of one's ears

go through the roof

hit the ceiling

be beside yourself

become very angry

have lost one's temper

be on the warpath

breathe fire and slaughter

draw yourself up

fly into a rage

raise your hackles

be all steamed up

be at boiling point

champ at the bit

get your back up

get steamed up about

chomp at the bit

do one's head in

work oneself into sweat

make a fuss over

do one's nut in

become impassioned

grow passionate

become animated

have a conniption fit

gnash your teeth

burst a blood vessel

get all steamed up

throw a tantrum

be crawling with

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Verb

To take offense

take something amiss

take something personally

take offense^US

take offence^UK

get into a huff

have one's nose put out of joint

take offence at

get the wrong end of the stick

get the wrong idea

take the wrong way

get the wrong impression

take something as an insult

regard something as a slight

feel disgruntled

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get your head down

get your head round

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get your own back

get your dander up

get your bearings

get your back up

get your act together

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