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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 convince not to try or do

To make inactive

To divide into two or more branches

To extinguish a flame or fire

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

turn one's stomach

make sick

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 you heave

put someone off

make someone's stomach rise

be disagreeable to

be displeasing to

turn someone off

turn someone's stomach

crawl

pain

make flesh crawl

make your flesh creep

appal^UK

appall^US

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 the heave-ho

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

turf out

give one notice

give someone the sack

give somebody their cards

give someone the big E

give somebody the sack

give pink slip

give somebody the pink slip

give somebody the push

give someone the gate

give someone his or her walking papers

give someone the ax

give someone the pink slip

put away

out

ship

give somebody the boot

throw out on your ear

throw someone out on their ear

give the chop

send somebody packing

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

give someone the hump

give someone a hard time

be a thorn in someone's side

give a bad time

get under one's skin

be a pain in the neck

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

drive round the twist

give someone the pip

get on someone's wick

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

push button

rub the wrong way

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

make waves

put someone's nose out of joint

fire up

make someone's hackles rise

get up your nose

heat up

get someone's back up

make someone's blood boil

work on

put someone's back up

get on someone's nerves

get under someone's skin

raise someone's hackles

appal^UK

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

appall^US

get on somebody's nerves

get up somebody's nose

try someone's patience

drive you up the wall

victimize^US

terrorize^US

victimise^UK

make somebody's hackles rise

breathe down someone's neck

terrorise^UK

rub you up the wrong way

tyrannize^US

tyrannise^UK

take the mickey out of

satirize^US

criticize^US

be a thorn in someone's flesh

get someone's hackles up

make somebody's blood boil

demoralize^US

set one's teeth on edge

criticise^UK

put someone off their stroke

demoralise^UK

make your hackles rise

satirise^UK

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

hurt somebody's feelings

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

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

tell off

get on the wrong side of somebody

rattle someone's chain

put your nose out of joint

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

pressurize^US

put somebody's back up

pressurise^UK

breath down someone's neck

rub one the wrong way

traumatize^US

ruffle one's feathers

call names

set your teeth on edge

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

bring pressure to bear on

get on someone's back

make someone scratch their head

occupy someone's thoughts

mess with someone's head

lead someone a merry dance

traumatise^UK

drive you to distraction

be a weight on one's mind

rub somebody the wrong way

beleague

be bothered

rub somebody up the wrong way

weigh heavily on someone's mind

be a weight on someone's mind

drive you round the twist

drive you round the bend

give the cold shoulder

menace

make one's hackles rise

jump on one's case

give one the business

prey on your mind

put into a flap

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into a tizz

become bored

grate at

get on someone's case

exhaust someone's patience

drive you off your head

make demands on

make severe demands on

put off his or her 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

drive you out of your mind

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

be indisposed

be crook

drive somebody up the wall

turn one off

lose the affection of

dishonor^US

put out of countenance

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

cause someone difficulty

tread on someone's toes

put someone to trouble

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 convince not to try or do

throw a wet blanket on

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

baulk^UK

act like a wet blanket

balk^US

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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 divide into two or more branches

go in different directions

itemize^US

itemise^UK

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To extinguish a flame or fire

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A place where a road branches off from another

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