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To oppress or domineer (someone) with one's authority

To cause anguish or distress to, typically with ill-treatment

To harass or annoy (someone) persistently

To bully or threaten, especially by causing others to feel frightened

To mistreat or do an injustice to

To treat badly, cruelly, or violently

To criticize, especially with insulting language

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Verb

To oppress or domineer (someone) with one's authority

rides roughshod over

tramples underfoot

rules with an iron hand

rules despotically

rules with a rod of iron

treats brutally

brings someone to their knees

has someone under your thumb

keeps under thumb

discriminates against

tyrannizes over

holds sway over

gives a hard time

weighs heavy upon

makes things hot for someone

punishes unfairly

disenfranchises

has your knife into

stacks the deck

gains mastery over

plays the heavy with

gains ascendancy over

gains control of

gets hooks into

finds fault with

punishes repeatedly and unfairly

renders helpless

renders incapable

renders powerless

shows ill will towards

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“Giving one man all the power was bound to corrupt him and inflate his desires, leading him to follow his every whim and to persecute his subjects.”

Verb

To cause anguish or distress to, typically with ill-treatment

discriminates against

inflicts pain on

inflicts suffering on

gets the knife into

sticks the knife into

causes suffering to

causes agony to

inflicts anguish on

puts on the rack

gives someone grief

nails to a cross

burns at the stake

gives someone the works

causes trouble to

makes demands on

makes severe demands on

puts a strain on

discombobulates

discountenances

causes anguish to

arouses anxiety in

does a number on

makes it tough for

gives a hard time

throws off balance

makes miserable

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“My job was not to persecute people for blasphemous advances of the sciences, or for heretical religious teachings.”

Verb

To harass or annoy (someone) persistently

drives up the wall

gives a hard time

makes things hot for someone

makes it hot for someone

rubs up the wrong way

gets on your nerves

gives someone the hump

rubs the wrong way

drives round the bend

gets in your hair

makes someone see red

gets under your skin

gets on one's nerves

gives someone grief

drives round the twist

drives to distraction

gets on your wick

gets your back up

gives someone the pip

breathes down someone's neck

bends someone's ear

makes somebody's hackles rise

puts someone's nose out of joint

puts your back up

discountenances

gives a bad time

sets one's teeth on edge

rubs you up the wrong way

raises your hackles

ruffles one's feathers

tries your patience

causes suffering to

discombobulates

rattles one's cage

makes your blood boil

gets your dander up

sticks in one's craw

drives you up the wall

hits where one lives

gets up someone's nose

inflicts anguish on

gets on someone

upsets the applecart

scratchs around

searchs high heaven

weighs heavily on

tries the patience of

sends into a rage

gets your hackles up

puts pressure on

causes disquiet to

brings pressure to bear on

gets a rise out of

rattles someone's cage

gets on the wrong side of

makes an enemy of somebody

takes the mickey

gets across someone

gets on the nerves of

takes the piss out of

gets in the hair of

causes anxiety to

throws off balance

puts someone off their stroke

puts into a flap

throws into a tizz

puts the squeeze on

causes someone to lose their composure

throws into tizzy

gives the business

jumps on one's case

tyrannizes over

falls uponfall upon

gives the needle

finds fault with

keeps complaining to

takes it out on

busts someone's balls

does an injustice to

takes advantage of

lays a bad trip on

goes for jugular

steps on the toes of

gives no quarter

puts someone off their stride

sets someone back on their heels

puts out of countenance

catches off balance

hurts somebody's feelings

makes someone scratch their head

causes to be at a stand

destabilizes^US

makes uncomfortable

destabilises^UK

puts the wind up

pulls the rug from under

pulls the rug out from under

goes to your head

blows your mind

causes to panic

makes self-conscious

hits a sour note

pushes one's buttons

gets someone's wick

loses one's temper

pushes someon's buttons

runs up the wrong way

works into lather

takes a rise out of

takes the wind out of your sails

knocks off balance

sends into a spin

catches unawares

gives offence to

causes anguish to

treads on someone's toes

takes by surprise

makes someone fed up

stops someone in their tracks

cuts to the quick

makes discontented

makes it tough for

does a number on

makes miserable

arouses anxiety in

makes your head spin

brings up short

sets someone thinking

messes with one's head

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“Last week, we witnessed two fine examples of the extent to which anti-smoking zealots will go in order to hound and persecute smokers.”

Verb

To bully or threaten, especially by causing others to feel frightened

uses strong-arm tactics on

twists someone's arm

scares the bejesus out of

rides roughshod over

puts the screws on

twists one's arm

puts the chill on

puts through the wringer

holds a gun to one's head

puts the frighteners on

makes things hot for someone

makes it hot for someone

gives orders to

rules the roost

calls the shots

is in the saddle

rules with a rod of iron

pushes the buttons

are in the saddle

rules with an iron hand

keeps under thumb

leads by the nose

bends to your will

puts pressure on

puts the squeeze on

uses pressure on

brings pressure to bear on

turns on the heat

puts under an obligation

tightens the screws on

puts the heat on

has someone do something

breathes down someone's neck

puts the arm on

turns the screws on

lays down the law

tells someone what to do

acts the tin god

rides roughshod

pressurizes into

brings force to bear on

turns the screw on

tightens the screw on

intimidates into

terrorizes into

makes an offer they can't refuse

makes necessary

leaves someone no option but to

exerts force on

puts squeeze on

puts the bite on

brings pressure to bear upon

tries to control

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Verb

To mistreat or do an injustice to

Verb

To treat badly, cruelly, or violently

Verb

To criticize, especially with insulting language

inveighs against

cuts to the quick

does a number on

vituperates against

casts aspersions on

gives a black eye

gives offence to

hits where one lives

causes offence to

treats disrespectfully

marginalizes^US

hurts somebody's feelings

steps on one's toes

marginalises^UK

drags through the mud

shoots full of holes

takes down a peg

takes to pieces

takes a swipe at

does a hatchet job on

cuts down to size

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