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Verb

To irritate or anger someone

rub up the wrong way

give someone the hump

drive up the wall

get on one's nerves

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

make somebody's hackles rise

get under your skin

ruffle one's feathers

get on your nerves

get in your hair

drive to distraction

make someone see red

put your back up

get your back up

raise your hackles

get on your wick

try your patience

make your blood boil

drive round the bend

set one's teeth on edge

get across someone

stick in one's craw

rub you up the wrong way

send into a rage

be on the back of

get your dander up

drive round the twist

give someone the pip

give someone grief

hit where one lives

push someon's buttons

try the patience of

drive you up the wall

get your hackles up

rasp one's nerves

work into lather

take a rise out of

get a rise out of

make you see red

become covered with condensation

hurt somebody's feelings

be on your back

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

put someone's nose out of joint

give a hard time

rattle one's cage

cut to the quick

cause suffering to

give a bad time

prey on your mind

breathe down someone's neck

bend someone's ear

throw off balance

take the mickey

be on one's case

take the piss out of

be a thorn in someone's flesh

cause trouble to

be a nuisance to

make discontented

give offence to

be a pain in the neck

give the business

be a thorn in someone's side

make somebody's blood boil

put someone off their stroke

make uncomfortable

put the squeeze on

make someone fed up

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

cause anxiety to

make jokes about

be sarcastic about

poke mullock at

make a monkey of

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

hit a sour note

lose one's temper

get in the hair of

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

irritate greatly

cause suffering

be in someone's way

search high heaven

drive you crazy

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

put pressure on

find fault with

arouse hostility in

bring pressure to bear on

inflict anguish on

be like a red rag to a bull

play cat and mouse

put through wringer

rub salt in wound

be in someone's hair

set someone's teeth on edge

get the knife into

stick the knife into

weigh heavily on

drive you to distraction

cause concern to

cause discomfort to

be the victim of

get on someone's back

mess with someone's head

weigh heavily on one's mind

be a great weight on

make someone scratch their head

occupy thoughts

upset the applecart

drive you round the twist

drive you round the bend

weigh heavily on someone's mind

be a weight on someone's mind

drive you off your head

arouse anxiety in

make it tough for

offend morals of

break one's heart

jump on one's case

put a damper on

break the heart of

put into a funk

drive you out of your mind

drive out of mind

fill with loathing

get on someone's case

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

be disagreeable

be an affront to

tread on someone's toes

have had enough

exhaust someone's patience

give the needle

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

cause annoyance

eat away at one's mind

put someone off their stride

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

take the wind out of your sails

make self-conscious

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

set someone back on their heels

lose the affection of

cause bitterness

cause resentment

gnaw at one's mind

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into tizzy

get one's comeuppance

make someone eat humble pie

take down a peg

take the wind out

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

pull someone's leg

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

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