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  1. jerk someone's chain, jerk someone's chain: Collins English Dictionary
  2. jerk someone's chain: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Jerk someone's chain)

verb:  Alternative form of yank someone's chain [(informal, idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting.]


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