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(obsolete) To live beyond one's means.
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Synonym of blow one's top
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(idiomatic) To expend all of one's resources or efforts; to express all the arguments or ideas which one has.
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(slang, vulgar) To seriously irritate or nag someone.
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(idiomatic) To rile someone up.
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(slang, idiomatic, uncommon) To wish or hope for misfortune or for the worst for somebody.
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(idiomatic, vulgar) to work very hard; to put in a lot of effort.
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Synonym of bust one's balls
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(slang, Canada, US) To work exceptionally hard.
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Alternative form of bust someone's balls [(slang, vulgar) to seriously irritate or nag someone.]
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(slang, vulgar) to seriously irritate or nag someone.
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(colloquial) To annoy someone; get on someone's nerves.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To reprimand, to scold
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To irritate or provoke someone.
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(chiefly US, informal, transitive) To berate (someone or something) using profane language; to swear at (someone or something), especially at length.
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(colloquial) To become angry; to make a fuss.
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(Canada, US, Britain, slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.
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(informal) To damage; to treat harshly; to produce ill effects in.
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(dated) To ruin somebody.
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(slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
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To submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie.
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(idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.
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(informal) To annoy someone.
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To do something to upset or anger somebody.
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(informal) To lecture, berate, or complain to somebody, especially to find fault or criticize.
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Alternative form of get on someone's nerves [(idiomatic) To annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone.]
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(UK, vulgar, slang) To annoy or irritate.
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(UK, colloquial) To annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.
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Alternative form of get on someone's bad side [To do something to upset or anger somebody.]
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(idiomatic, humorous, informal) Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist
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(idiomatic, humorous, informal) Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist
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(idiomatic, humorous, informal, rare) Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist
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(idiomatic, humorous, informal) Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist
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(idiomatic, humorous, informal) Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist
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(idiomatic) To annoy or anger someone.
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(idiomatic) To anger or annoy someone.
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(informal) To annoy or infuriate someone.
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(potentially offensive) To anger or annoy someone.
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Alternative form of get someone's goat [(informal) To annoy or infuriate someone.]
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Alternative form of get someone's goat [(informal) To annoy or infuriate someone.]
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(idiomatic) To irritate someone.
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(idiomatic) Alternative form of get under someone's skin [(idiomatic) To irritate someone.]
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(UK, Australia, colloquial) To criticise.
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(slang, African-American Vernacular) To dramatically confront or initiate an argument with someone.
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(idiomatic, slang) To annoy someone; to get on someone's nerves.
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(idiomatic, informal) To tease, kid or rib someone.
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Alternative form of give someone grey hair [(idiomatic) To give someone great frustration, confusion, or anxiousness.]
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(idiomatic) To hassle or abuse someone.
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(Canada, slang) To scold or criticize someone.
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To abuse, insult, or denigrate.
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(intransitive, chiefly US, informal) To become aggressive and erratic, especially due to stress; specifically, to carry out a shooting spree at a workplace environment; also (more generally) to become very angry; to lose one's temper.
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(chiefly US, idiomatic, vulgar) To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation where one has so far failed to do so.
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(idiomatic) To eat a quick, light snack.
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(slang) To bang one's head against the desk in frustration; (by extension) to express annoyance or exasperation.
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(idiomatic) To offend or emotionally hurt someone.
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(idiomatic) To show annoyance, or to complain loudly about something, often when it is of little importance in reality.
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(idiomatic, informal, often sarcastic) To provoke a negative reaction due to being offensive, unpleasant, immoral, etc.
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(idiomatic) To cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.
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(slang) To turn someone on; cause feelings of arousal.
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To deal carelessly with dangerous matters.
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Alternative form of push someone's buttons [(informal) To do specific things to anger someone (or, less commonly, to sexually arouse or otherwise elicit a strong reaction from them), especially intentionally or maliciously.]
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(idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.
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(informal) To do specific things to anger someone (or, less commonly, to sexually arouse or otherwise elicit a strong reaction from them), especially intentionally or maliciously.
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(chiefly Britain, idiomatic) To make a task more difficult for someone.
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(idiomatic) To annoy or anger someone.
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(chiefly US) To berate someone at length, usually from a position of authority or moral authority.
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(informal) To demand attention from someone; to nag, nudge, or remind someone.
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Synonym of rattle someone's cage
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(US, slang) To impress somebody.
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Alternative form of rock someone's socks [(intransitive, slang) To appeal to somebody very much.]
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(informal) To add insult to injury; to emphasize one's strengths or another's weaknesses in a manner that degrades another.
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(idiomatic) To make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions).
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(idiomatic) To make an injury, physical or emotional, feel worse.
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Alternative form of rub someone's nose in [To confront someone with (facts or evidence) that they find unpleasant in order to make them suffer.]
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(figuratively) To annoy or anger someone.
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(idiomatic) To unease, cause discomfort to someone.
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Synonym of rustle someone's jimmies
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(Scotland) To make someone angry.
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(UK) Synonym of sweat one's guts out
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(idiomatic) To cause lasting annoyance, irritation, or hard feelings.
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(vulgar) Synonym of tear someone a new one
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(transitive) To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way.
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(idiomatic) To annoy an irritable person.
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(slang, vulgar) To annoy someone.
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(informal, figuratively) To deliberately do or say something to worsen a difficult situation or increase a person's distress, irritation, or anger.
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(slang) Less vulgar synonym of work someone's ass off.
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