Usually means: Irritate or annoy someone greatly.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. rub (someone) up the wrong way, rub up the wrong way: Merriam-Webster
  2. rub up the wrong way: Collins English Dictionary
  3. rub up the wrong way: Wiktionary
  4. rub up the wrong way: Dictionary.com
  5. rub up the wrong way: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. rub up the wrong way: Legal dictionary
  2. rub up the wrong way: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rub up the wrong way: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rub up the wrong way: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rub up the wrong way: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (rub up the wrong way)

verb:  (figuratively, idiomatic, transitive) To annoy or anger someone.

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