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What is another word for tread on someone's toes?

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Contexts

To cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful

To intrude on someone else's territory, rights, business or personal affairs

Verb

To cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful

give offence to

be an affront to

be disagreeable

put someone's nose out of joint

put your back up

rub up the wrong way

hurt somebody's feelings

cut to the quick

get on your nerves

get under your skin

give someone the hump

drive up the wall

get in your hair

get your back up

get on one's nerves

ruffle one's feathers

make someone see red

rub the wrong way

give a hard time

make somebody's hackles rise

get on your wick

make your blood boil

try your patience

get up someone's nose

raise your hackles

get your dander up

rattle someone's cage

get across someone

throw off balance

cast aspersions on

give someone grief

hit where one lives

distress greatly

make one's hair stand on end

cause offence to

cause suffering to

give a black eye

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

give someone the pip

do an injustice to

get a rise out of

rub you up the wrong way

do the dirty on

kick in the teeth

get your hackles up

offend morals of

cause suffering

give the cold shoulder

fill with loathing

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

be on the back of

rattle someone's chain

raise eyebrows amongst

cause raised eyebrows

arouse hostility in

be on your back

set someone's teeth on edge

send into a rage

lose one's temper

cause a few raised eyebrows amongst

upset the applecart

be a thorn in someone's flesh

work into lather

cause anguish to

drive round the twist

drive round the bend

drive you up the wall

drive to distraction

trespass against

cause offense to

take a rise out of

arouse anxiety in

be on one's case

make it tough for

cause annoyance to

cause resentment to

stick in one's craw

set one's teeth on edge

hurt the feelings of

inveigh against

vituperate against

treat with contempt

treat contemptuously

make jokes about

take the piss out of

raise someone's eyebrows

completely surprise

set someone back on their heels

shake out of your complacency

slap in the face

attack somebody's dignity

hit like ton of bricks

drag through the mud

tell lies about

drag through the mire

blacken the character of

blacken the name of

do a hatchet job on

give a bad name

run a smear campaign against

take the wind out of your sails

make someone's blood run cold

do a disservice to

take advantage of

treat disrespectfully

step on one's toes

give a bad time

weigh heavily on

make uncomfortable

put someone off their stroke

make despondent

prey on your mind

inflict anguish on

cause trouble to

cause anxiety to

make one's heart bleed

knock the stuffing out of

break one's heart

put a damper on

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

cause someone to lose their composure

bring tears to your eyes

cause discomfort to

do someone's head in

break someone's heart

throw cold water on

give someone the blues

pour cold water on

make someone fed up

break the heart of

put the wind up

put into a funk

throw into a tizzy

reduce to tears

cast a gloom upon

be a great weight on

rattle one's cage

cause concern to

make self-conscious

breathe down someone's neck

mess with someone's head

take control of

ride roughshod over

weigh heavily on someone's mind

break someone's spirit

cause disquiet to

send over the edge

be in someone's way

knock the wind out of

harsh one's mellow

pull the rug from under

pull the rug out from under

weigh heavily on one's mind

knock props out

make someone scratch their head

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

push someon's buttons

occupy thoughts

knock for a loop

cause someone distress

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

kick up a stink

put someone off their stride

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

throw into tizzy

put out of countenance

put pressure on

be in someone's hair

bring pressure to bear on

have had enough

make discontented

exhaust someone's patience

try the patience of

catch one short

cast a pall over

make a monkey of

put on the spot

harsh someone's mellow

make someone's heart bleed

dampen someone's spirit

make downhearted

cast a gloom on

dampen the spirits of

be a weight on someone's mind

cause to lose heart

dampen someone's hopes

play the heavy with

cause to lose hope

fill with consternation

cause to feel emotional strain

cause to feel mental strain

put in traction

push to the limit

cause discomfort

go against the grain

be injurious to

have an adverse effect on

cause illness to

rule with an iron hand

trample underfoot

weigh heavy upon

rule with a rod of iron

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Verb

To intrude on someone else's territory, rights, business or personal affairs

make inroads into

stick one's nose into

step on someone's toes

invade someone's space

thrust oneself in

crash the gates

enter without permission

come uninvited to

show up uninvited

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Nearby Words

tread on the heels of

treads a measure

treads carefully

treads clumsily

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