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What is another word for made waves?

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Past tense for to create disturbance or controversy by expressing disagreement or criticism

Past tense for to irritate or upset, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

Past tense for to rouse or goad into feeling or remembering something

Past tense for to dissent or rebel against

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Past tense for to create disturbance or controversy by expressing disagreement or criticism

“It finally took foreign visitors to make waves about the spiralling cost of living here.”

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Past tense for to irritate or upset, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

annoyed

harassed

aggravated

antagonised^UK

antagonized^US

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

rubbed up the wrong way

driven to distraction

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

gotten under your skin

got your goat

gave someone grief

given someone grief

gave someone the hump

given someone the hump

driven round the bend

drove round the twist

driven round the twist

gotten on your nerves

gave someone the pip

given someone the pip

put your back up

hit where one lives

rubbed the wrong way

made somebody's hackles rise

put out

raised your hackles

ruffled one's feathers

got up someone's nose

gotten up someone's nose

put someone's nose out of joint

rattled someone's cage

hurt somebody's feelings

gotten on one's nerves

agonized^US

agonised^UK

tried the patience of

traumatized^US

sticked in one's craw

preyed on your mind

setted one's teeth on edge

picked on

rubbed you up the wrong way

traumatised^UK

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

dissed

put off

put someone off their stroke

breathed down someone's neck

scandalized^US

demoralized^US

scandalised^UK

demoralised^UK

gotten your hackles up

browbeat

drove you up the wall

driven you up the wall

put someone off their stride

put in a hole

put out of countenance

let down

cut up

set someone's teeth on edge

caviled^US

cavilled^UK

victimized^US

victimised^UK

made things hot for someone

tangled

ridiculed

assailed

made it hot for someone

caused someone to lose their composure

made an enemy of somebody

pressurized^US

pressurised^UK

pushed the buttons of

criticised^UK

criticized^US

brought pressure to bear on

dampened the spirits of

made severe demands on

got in the hair of

torqued off

worsted

pushed someon's buttons

made somebody's blood boil

took the wind out of your sails

taken the wind out of your sails

made it tough for

setted someone back on their heels

occupied thoughts

made awkward

had had enough

made someone scratch their head

gotten on the wrong side of

got on the wrong side of

trod on someone's toes

trodden on someone's toes

given offence

gave offence

taken the piss out of

took the piss out of

given a zinger

given the cold shoulder

gave a zinger

gave the cold shoulder

drove you crazy

drove you to distraction

driven you round the twist

driven you out of your mind

drove you round the bend

driven you crazy

drove you round the twist

driven you round the bend

drove you out of your mind

driven you to distraction

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Past tense for to rouse or goad into feeling or remembering something

galvanised^UK

galvanized^US

energised^UK

energized^US

Verb

Past tense for to dissent or rebel against

raged against the machine

refused to obey orders

took part in an uprising

taken to the streets

took to the streets

shown resistance

taken part in an uprising

taken up arms against

mobilized^US

mobilised^UK

mounted the barricades

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