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To irritate or anger someone

get on one's nerves

get on the wrong side of

get up someone's nose

rub up the wrong way

get your back up

make someone see red

get on your nerves

drive up the wall

get in your hair

make your blood boil

raise your hackles

get under your skin

give someone the hump

make somebody's hackles rise

rub the wrong way

get your dander up

give someone the pip

get on your wick

ruffle one's feathers

make you see red

send into a rage

drive round the twist

drive to distraction

put someone's nose out of joint

hit where one lives

try your patience

rub you up the wrong way

drive you up the wall

give a hard time

give someone grief

drive round the bend

be on your back

rattle someone's cage

get your hackles up

cut to the quick

be like a red rag to a bull

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

work into lather

get across someone

take a rise out of

get a rise out of

give a bad time

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

lose one's temper

give the cold shoulder

drive you out of your mind

drive you off your head

drive you to distraction

drive out of mind

drive you round the bend

make somebody's blood boil

drive you crazy

drive you round the twist

give offence to

tread on someone's toes

be disagreeable

hurt somebody's feelings

be an affront to

be on the back of

rattle one's cage

cause suffering to

prey on your mind

breathe down someone's neck

throw off balance

bend someone's ear

give the business

set one's teeth on edge

take the mickey

be on one's case

make uncomfortable

take the piss out of

try the patience of

make a monkey of

be a thorn in someone's flesh

cause trouble to

be a nuisance to

make discontented

put someone off their stroke

stick in one's craw

put the squeeze on

make someone fed up

make jokes about

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

cause anxiety to

be sarcastic about

poke mullock at

make self-conscious

cause anguish to

do someone's head in

get someone's wick

rattle someone's chain

cause resentment to

cause annoyance to

push one's buttons

run up the wrong way

give someone hell

breath down someone's neck

get on the nerves of

get in the hair of

irritate greatly

make an enemy of somebody

cause suffering

be in someone's way

search high heaven

rasp one's nerves

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

find fault with

arouse hostility in

push someon's buttons

put pressure on

set someone's teeth on edge

bring pressure to bear on

weigh heavily on

inflict anguish on

put through wringer

be in someone's hair

get the knife into

stick the knife into

be the victim of

get on someone's back

make someone scratch their head

occupy thoughts

upset the applecart

mess with someone's head

weigh heavily on one's mind

be a great weight on

lead someone a merry dance

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

weigh heavily on someone's mind

be a weight on someone's mind

arouse anxiety in

make it tough for

cause concern to

cause discomfort to

break one's heart

put into a flap

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into a tizz

get on someone's case

hurt the feelings of

put a damper on

break the heart of

put into a funk

jump on one's case

have had enough

exhaust someone's patience

throw into tizzy

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

put someone off their stride

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

take the wind out of your sails

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

set someone back on their heels

give the needle

cause annoyance

eat away at one's mind

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

lose the affection of

cause bitterness

cause resentment

gnaw at one's mind

hit a sour note

put out of countenance

throw into a tizzy

put on the spot

catch one short

get one's comeuppance

make someone eat humble pie

take down a peg

take the wind out

keep someone hanging on

make your mouth water

bring under the yoke

rule with an iron hand

trample underfoot

weigh heavy upon

rule with a rod of iron

bring someone to their knees

ride roughshod over

make matters worse

to make matters worse

go from bad to worse

rub salt in the wounds

add fuel to the flames

compound the problem

add insult to injury

add fuel to the fire

rub salt in a wound

fan the flames of

pull someone's leg

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Nearby Words

put your cards on the table

put your faith in

put your feet up

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put your foot in it

put your back into

put your all into something

put you on your guard

put you in mind of

put words in someone's mouth

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