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Past participle for to jovially tease, playfully annoy, or lightly badger someone

Past participle for to make things very unpleasant for someone

Past participle for to impede the work or progress of

Past participle for to annoy, irritate or exasperate (someone)

Past participle for to subject to cruel or unjust treatment

Past participle for to admonish or reproach angrily

Past participle for to make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice

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Verb

Past participle for to jovially tease, playfully annoy, or lightly badger someone

taken the mickey

taken the piss out of

made a monkey of

pulled one's leg

poked mullock at

pulled someone's leg

made jokes about

got in the hair of

got on the nerves of

took the mickey

took the piss out of

gave a hard time

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Past participle for to make things very unpleasant for someone

given someone hell

made it hot for someone

made things hot for someone

driven up the wall

given someone grief

got in your hair

gotten on your nerves

put on the spot

rubbed up the wrong way

given a bad time

discountenanced

discombobulated

breathed down someone's neck

driven round the bend

put your back up

given someone the hump

put someone's nose out of joint

driven round the twist

gotten your back up

got on your wick

bent someone's ear

made someone see red

gotten under your skin

made uncomfortable

hurt somebody's feelings

put the squeeze on

put pressure on

gotten on one's nerves

put out of countenance

found fault with

thrown off balance

kept complaining to

made somebody's hackles rise

put through wringer

gotten up someone's nose

tried your patience

got your dander up

made your blood boil

ruffled one's feathers

gotten your hackles up

brought pressure to bear on

given someone the pip

rubbed you up the wrong way

driven you up the wall

aroused anxiety in

caused anguish to

done a number on

made it tough for

caused suffering to

gotten a rise out of

caused discomfort to

preyed on your mind

caused concern to

caused someone difficulty

given someone bother

made someone go out of his way

taken it out on

busted someone's balls

given the needle

given the business

jumped on one's case

made a monkey of

thrown into a tizzy

caught one short

made self-conscious

searched high heaven

scratched around

rattled one's cage

shouted catcalls at

rocked the boat

caused anxiety to

rubbed salt in wound

played cat and mouse

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Verb

Past participle for to impede the work or progress of

short-circuited

interfered with

cramped one's style

gotten in the way

thrown a monkey wrench in the works of

stood in the way of

thrown a spanner in the works

put the kibosh on

gotten in the way of

destabilized^US

poked full of holes

destabilised^UK

queered the pitch of

dragged through the mud

clipped one's wings

got in the way of

threw a monkey wrench in the works of

threw a spanner in the works

gave a hard time

nipped in the bud

put a damper on

put at a disadvantage

put straitjacket on

put out of commission

put on back burner

dragged your feet

stemmed the flow of

brought to screeching halt

put a spoke in someone's wheel

put the brakes on

poured cold water on

put the brakes on

put the damper on

setted limits on

imposed limits on

placed at a disadvantage

tied someone's hands

tied one's hands

kept under control

brought an end to

brought to a standstill

prevented from making progress

played for time

thrown cold water on

threw cold water on

gave the run around

given the run around

gave disadvantage

given disadvantage

thrown a monkey wrench into

threw a monkey wrench into

threw monkey wrench in

thrown monkey wrench in

thrown a spoke in the wheel of

threw a spoke in the wheel of

took out of play

taken out of play

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Verb

Past participle for to annoy, irritate or exasperate (someone)

Verb

Past participle for to subject to cruel or unjust treatment

Verb

Past participle for to admonish or reproach angrily

remonstrated with

given someone a bollocking

let someone have it

read the riot act

given someone a caning

hauled over the coals

taken down a peg

given someone a row

given someone a wigging

given someone some stick

taken to the woodshed

given someone a mouthful

rapped over the knuckles

burned one's ears

called to account

given a talking-to

given someone a dressing-down

given someone an earful

given someone a roasting

given someone a rollicking

given someone a telling-off

given someone hell

torn off a strip

called on the carpet

given someone a rating

given someone what for

sent someone away with a flea in their ear

slapped someone's wrist

Verb

Past participle for to make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice

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given a half-suppressed laugh

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