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To rout out of bed

To pester or harass (someone) in an aggressive or persistent manner

To take into lawful or authorized custody

To search, especially in a clumsy and unmethodical manner

To wake, or cause to wake, from sleep

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Verb

To rout out of bed

give the incentive to

act as a stimulus to

act as a incentive to

light a fire under

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To pester or harass (someone) in an aggressive or persistent manner

drive up the wall

give a hard time

give someone grief

get on your nerves

be on your back

get in your hair

drive round the bend

rub up the wrong way

get under your skin

give someone the hump

drive round the twist

get your back up

breathe down someone's neck

put your back up

hit where one lives

take advantage of

get on your wick

make your blood boil

make someone see red

bend someone's ear

make somebody's hackles rise

make things hot for someone

rub the wrong way

give a bad time

make it hot for someone

raise your hackles

get on one's nerves

give someone hell

be a nuisance to

get on someone's back

drive to distraction

rattle one's cage

get your dander up

give someone the pip

ruffle one's feathers

be on the back of

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

put someone's nose out of joint

get the knife into

stick the knife into

discriminate against

be on one's case

work into lather

get across someone

try your patience

send into a rage

take a rise out of

get a rise out of

be in someone's hair

bring pressure to bear on

put pressure on

inflict suffering on

inflict pain on

drive you up the wall

do an injustice to

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

give no quarter

lay a bad trip on

step on the toes of

cause suffering to

inflict anguish on

get on someone's case

cut to the quick

weigh heavily on

hurt somebody's feelings

cause trouble to

throw off balance

cause anxiety to

prey on your mind

get your hackles up

cause anguish to

cause discomfort to

be a great weight on

rub you up the wrong way

set one's teeth on edge

take the piss out of

try the patience of

weigh heavily on someone's mind

give the business

weigh heavily on one's mind

give offence to

cause concern to

make uncomfortable

get on the wrong side of

take the mickey

do someone's head in

stick in one's craw

be a thorn in someone's flesh

mess with someone's head

make someone fed up

make discontented

put on the spot

breath down someone's neck

push one's buttons

be in someone's way

hit a sour note

get someone's wick

make an enemy of somebody

irritate greatly

search high heaven

cause suffering

get on the nerves of

arouse anxiety in

come back to haunt

cause resentment to

cause annoyance to

be a weight on one's mind

run up the wrong way

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

find fault with

get in the hair of

make it tough for

play cat and mouse

put through wringer

rub salt in wound

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

push someon's buttons

break one's heart

cause inconvenience to

be the victim of

put the squeeze on

put a damper on

break the heart of

put into a funk

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

jump on one's case

offend morals of

rasp one's nerves

put to some trouble

take control of

knock props out

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

create difficulties for

give the cold shoulder

fill with loathing

give the needle

be a weight on someone's mind

upset the applecart

drive you crazy

have had enough

exhaust someone's patience

drive you out of your mind

drive you off your head

drive you to distraction

make somebody's blood boil

drive you round the twist

make you see red

drive out of mind

drive you round the bend

shout catcalls at

make your gorge rise

be repugnant to

make someone's stomach rise

put someone off their stroke

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into tizzy

cast a pall over

hurt the feelings of

knock the stuffing out of

harsh someone's mellow

make one's heart bleed

give someone the blues

make despondent

pour cold water on

cast a gloom upon

make someone's heart bleed

reduce to tears

bring tears to your eyes

break someone's spirit

throw cold water on

break someone's heart

cause someone difficulty

cause to feel emotional strain

cause to feel mental strain

put in traction

push to the limit

be a problem to

give someone bother

make someone go out of his way

make jokes about

be sarcastic about

poke mullock at

go against the grain

be injurious to

have an adverse effect on

cause illness to

pull someone's leg

make a monkey of

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Verb

To take into lawful or authorized custody

take into custody

feel your collar

put the cuffs on

take in for questioning

put behind bars

place under arrest

hold in custody

take possession of

get one's fingers on

keep in custody

get your hands on

place in custody

put into custody

remand in custody

keep under lock and key

hold under custody

keep under custody

keep under constraint

put under lock and key

put into detention

throw in dungeon

send up the river

throw into irons

throw the book at

throw away the keys

put in solitary

clip someone's wings

detain at Her Majesty's pleasure

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Verb

To search, especially in a clumsy and unmethodical manner

fossick through

turn upside down

turn inside out

fine-tooth-comb

look high and low

leave no stone unturned

scrabble about in

scrabble around in

ferret around in

ferret about in

rummage through

beat the bushes

search high heaven

go through with a fine-tooth comb

roust around in

rootle around in

rummage around in

rummage about in

leave no stone unturned in

go through with fine-tooth comb

rummage round in

look high and low in

go over with a fine-tooth comb

search thoroughly

look up and down

scrounge around

fiddle about in

scrabble around

shuffle through

look all over for

run reconnaissance

give something a going-over

give the once-over

give something a look-see

be on the lookout

be on the prowl

cast around for

look all over hell

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Verb

To wake, or cause to wake, from sleep

Noun

Roost or rost

“If you camp out somewhere, knowing full well that it's against the law, you can't really get too cranky about it when someone comes to roust you.”

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