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To turn or switch off (something)

To deviate from one's course or direction

To cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in

To power down

To discharge from a job or position

Leave one road in order to join another

To inspire boredom in a person

Shut something off

To cause emotional distress to someone

To cause to feel less close or friendly

To make inactive

To cause to feel sorrow

To divide into two or more branches

Prevent the occurrence of

To extinguish a flame or fire

To persuade or convince someone not to do something

A place where a road branches off from another

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To turn or switch off (something)

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To deviate from one's course or direction

mold^US

mould^UK

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To cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in

make someone want to throw up

horrify

make someone feel sick

cause to feel nauseous

be offensive to

be extremely distasteful to

make someone's skin crawl

give you the creeps

make someone's flesh creep

cause offence to

give someone the creeps

make someone's gorge rise

make someone's stomach rise

be disagreeable to

be displeasing to

make you heave

turn someone's stomach

crawl

pain

make flesh crawl

make your flesh creep

appal^UK

outrage

squick

appall^US

afflict

make someone feel nauseous

give someone the heebie-jeebies

make someone's blood run cold

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To power down

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To discharge from a job or position

axe^UK

ax^US

give someone the boot

give notice

give someone the sack

give someone the push

give someone the bullet

give someone their marching orders

give someone their cards

depose

give someone their notice

bump

give the old heave-ho

give someone the pink slip

give someone the big E

give someone his or her walking papers

throw out on your ear

throw someone out on their ear

ostracize^US

ostracise^UK

give something a miss

demobilize^US

demobilise^UK

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Leave one road in order to join another

“At the point we had to turn off the main road north.”

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To inspire boredom in a person

bore out of one's mind

immobilize^US

paralyse^UK

paralyze^US

immobilise^UK

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Shut something off

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To cause emotional distress to someone

agonise^UK

agonize^US

hurt someone's feelings

antagonize^US

antagonise^UK

put someone's back up

rankle with

put someone's nose out of joint

give someone the hump

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

drive bananas

put down

give offence

tread on someone's toes

be disagreeable

be an affront to

hurt somebody's feelings

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

get on someone's wick

push button

rub the wrong way

make someone's hackles rise

get up your nose

make someone's blood boil

get under someone's skin

T-off

get in your hair

raise someone's hackles

be on the back of

hump

get your dander up

drive round the twist

give someone the pip

make your blood boil

get someone's dander up

drive round the bend

get in someone's hair

ruffle someone's feathers

be on your back

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

make waves

fire up

heat up

get someone's back up

work on

get on someone's nerves

appal^UK

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

appall^US

get on somebody's nerves

get up somebody's nose

try someone's patience

victimize^US

terrorize^US

victimise^UK

breathe down someone's neck

terrorise^UK

rub you up the wrong way

tyrannize^US

be a nuisance to

throw off balance

wring

get on the wrong side of

drive you up the wall

harp on at

rag on

wear out

tyrannise^UK

take the mickey out of

satirize^US

make somebody's hackles rise

criticize^US

be a thorn in someone's flesh

get someone's hackles up

demoralize^US

set one's teeth on edge

criticise^UK

put someone off their stroke

demoralise^UK

make somebody's blood boil

mistreat

get your hackles up

confront

make your hackles rise

satirise^UK

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

prey on someone's mind

weigh heavily on one's mind

do someone's head in

put somebody's nose out of joint

get somebody's back up

put somebody's back up

steam

tell off

rattle someone's chain

put your nose out of joint

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

pressurize^US

breath down someone's neck

pressurise^UK

traumatize^US

make an enemy of somebody

set your teeth on edge

ruffle one's feathers

be like a red rag to a bull

rasp one's nerves

lean on

push someon's buttons

set someone's teeth on edge

be on someone's back

make nervous

be on one's back

bring pressure to bear on

get on someone's back

make someone scratch their head

occupy someone's thoughts

mess with someone's head

drive you to distraction

make livid

lead someone a merry dance

traumatise^UK

drive you round the twist

drive you round the bend

be a weight on one's mind

weigh heavily on someone's mind

be a weight on someone's mind

give the cold shoulder

menace

drive you off your head

make one's hackles rise

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into a tizz

become bored

grate at

get on someone's case

have had enough

exhaust someone's patience

make severe demands on

drive you out of your mind

put someone off their stride

worst

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

set someone back on their heels

take the wind out of someone's sails

dishonour^UK

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

be indisposed

be crook

cause someone difficulty

discommodate

meddle

lose the affection of

gnaw away at

dishonor^US

stun

put out of countenance

make someone go out of his way

get one's comeuppance

make someone eat humble pie

keep someone hanging on

make someone's mouth water

smoulder^UK

smolder^US

eat away at one's mind

rule with an iron hand

rule with a rod of iron

bring someone to their knees

to make matters worse

go from bad to worse

rub salt in the wounds

feed the fire

add fuel to the flames

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To cause to feel less close or friendly

estrange

alienate

disaffect

antagonise^UK

antagonize^US

sever connections between

cause antagonism between

destroy the affections of

put at a distance

set at odds with

sow dissension between

drive a wedge between

withdraw the affections of

cause disagreement between

set against one another

put at odds

pit against one another

lose the affection of

put a cordon sanitaire around

reach a parting of the ways

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To make inactive

immobilise^UK

immobilize^US

paralyse^UK

paralyze^US

throw monkey wrench in

bring to a standstill

put out of commission

pummel^US

pummelled^UK

hospitalize^US

bring to a grinding halt

destabilize^US

hospitalise^UK

confine to a wheelchair

jeopardize^US

pull the rug out from under

bowdlerize^US

wear oneself to a frazzle

make tired

nearly kill

wear oneself to a shadow

bowdlerise^UK

jeopardise^UK

destabilise^UK

become unable to move

throw a monkey wrench into

cauterize^US

desensitise^UK

cauterise^UK

desensitize^US

pulverize^US

appall^US

anesthetize^US

appal^UK

pulverise^UK

bring to grinding halt

belabour^UK

bring someone to their knees

belabor^US

beat the living daylights out of

brutalize^US

knock into the middle of next week

brutalise^UK

bung up

give someone a good hiding

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To cause to feel sorrow

bring tears to your eyes

cast a gloom upon

make your heart bleed

demoralize^US

demoralise^UK

knock the stuffing out of

make desolate

give someone the blues

harsh someone's mellow

bear down

make someone fed up

dash someone's hopes

bring tears to someone's eyes

make someone's heart bleed

break someone's spirit

break someone's heart

dampen someone's spirits

appall^US

appal^UK

terrorize^US

dampen the spirits of

terrorise^UK

knock the wind out of

make one's heart bleed

bring tears to one's eyes

dampen someone's spirit

take the heart out of

balk^US

prey on someone's mind

paralyse^UK

agonize^US

paralyze^US

fill with consternation

shatter the illusions of

scandalize^US

agonise^UK

baulk^UK

dampen someone's hopes

scandalise^UK

make your hair stand on end

fill with fear

scare the bejesus out of

chill off

frighten to death

frighten the living daylights out of

throw into a panic

scare someone out of their wits

scare the living daylights out of

throw into a blue funk

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To divide into two or more branches

go in different directions

itemize^US

itemise^UK

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Prevent the occurrence of

balk^US

baulk^UK

act like a wet blanket

throw a spanner in the works of

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

neutralize^US

neutralise^UK

beat someone to the punch

bring to screeching halt

beat someone to the draw

throw a spoke in the wheel of

throw a spanner in the works

make it impossible for

make impracticable

quit

make it impracticable for

monopolize^US

monopolise^UK

gaol^UK

jail^US

have on a tight leash

put a spoke in someone's wheel

upset one's apple cart

put the kibosh on

beat down

take wind out of sails

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To extinguish a flame or fire

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To persuade or convince someone not to do something

thwart one's attempts

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

change somebody's mind

baulk^UK

act like a wet blanket

balk^US

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A place where a road branches off from another

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