Usually means: Irritate or annoy someone greatly.
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  1. rub someone_the_wrong_way: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. rub someone_the_wrong_way: Wiktionary
  3. rub someone_the_wrong_way: ESL Idiom Page

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verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy.

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