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Past tense for to jovially tease, playfully annoy, or lightly badger someone

Past tense for to make things very unpleasant for someone

Past tense for to impede the work or progress of

Past tense for to annoy, irritate or exasperate (someone)

Past tense for to subject to cruel or unjust treatment

Past tense for to admonish or reproach angrily

Past tense for to make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice

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Past tense for to jovially tease, playfully annoy, or lightly badger someone

took the piss out of

took the mickey

made a monkey of

pulled one's leg

poked mullock at

pulled someone's leg

made jokes about

got in the hair of

got on the nerves of

taken the mickey

taken the piss out of

given a hard time

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Past tense for to make things very unpleasant for someone

gave someone hell

made it hot for someone

made things hot for someone

drove up the wall

gave someone grief

got in your hair

got on your nerves

put on the spot

gave a bad time

rubbed up the wrong way

discountenanced

discombobulated

breathed down someone's neck

put your back up

drove round the bend

put someone's nose out of joint

gave someone the hump

drove round the twist

got on your wick

got your back up

got under your skin

bent someone's ear

made someone see red

made uncomfortable

hurt somebody's feelings

put the squeeze on

put pressure on

put out of countenance

found fault with

got on one's nerves

kept complaining to

made somebody's hackles rise

put through wringer

threw off balance

got your hackles up

tried your patience

got your dander up

made your blood boil

ruffled one's feathers

got up someone's nose

brought pressure to bear on

rubbed you up the wrong way

gave someone the pip

drove you up the wall

aroused anxiety in

caused anguish to

made it tough for

caused suffering to

did a number on

got a rise out of

busted someone's balls

caused someone difficulty

gave someone bother

made someone go out of his way

caused discomfort to

preyed on your mind

caused concern to

searched high heaven

scratched around

gave the needle

gave the business

jumped on one's case

made a monkey of

threw into a tizzy

caught one short

made self-conscious

rattled one's cage

shouted catcalls at

rocked the boat

caused anxiety to

rubbed salt in wound

played cat and mouse

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Past tense for to impede the work or progress of

short-circuited

interfered with

cramped one's style

threw a spanner in the works

stood in the way of

threw a monkey wrench in the works of

put the kibosh on

got in the way of

destabilized^US

poked full of holes

destabilised^UK

queered the pitch of

dragged through the mud

clipped one's wings

gotten in the way

gotten in the way of

thrown a monkey wrench in the works of

thrown a spanner in the works

given a hard time

nipped in the bud

put a damper on

put at a disadvantage

put straitjacket on

put out of commission

put on back burner

dragged your feet

stemmed the flow of

brought to screeching halt

put a spoke in someone's wheel

put the brakes on

poured cold water on

put the brakes on

put the damper on

setted limits on

imposed limits on

placed at a disadvantage

tied someone's hands

tied one's hands

kept under control

brought an end to

brought to a standstill

prevented from making progress

played for time

thrown cold water on

threw cold water on

gave the run around

given the run around

gave disadvantage

given disadvantage

thrown a monkey wrench into

threw a monkey wrench into

threw monkey wrench in

thrown monkey wrench in

thrown a spoke in the wheel of

threw a spoke in the wheel of

took out of play

taken out of play

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Verb

Past tense for to annoy, irritate or exasperate (someone)

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Past tense for to subject to cruel or unjust treatment

Verb

Past tense for to admonish or reproach angrily

remonstrated with

gave someone a bollocking

let someone have it

read the riot act

gave someone a caning

hauled over the coals

took down a peg

gave someone a row

gave someone a wigging

gave someone some stick

took to the woodshed

gave someone a mouthful

rapped over the knuckles

burned one's ears

called to account

gave a talking-to

gave someone a dressing-down

gave someone an earful

gave someone a roasting

gave someone a rollicking

gave someone a telling-off

gave someone hell

tore off a strip

called on the carpet

gave someone a rating

gave someone what for

sent someone away with a flea in their ear

slapped someone's wrist

Verb

Past tense for to make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice

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