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What is another word for stroke someone's hair the wrong way?

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To annoy or irritate

get on your nerves

rub up the wrong way

give someone the hump

put your back up

drive you up the wall

get in your hair

drive up the wall

get under your skin

get your back up

get on one's nerves

make someone see red

get on your wick

rub the wrong way

give a hard time

be on your back

make somebody's hackles rise

try your patience

ruffle one's feathers

get your dander up

get up someone's nose

drive to distraction

make your blood boil

drive round the bend

give someone the pip

give someone grief

rattle someone's cage

raise your hackles

rub you up the wrong way

drive round the twist

get your hackles up

breathe down someone's neck

get across someone

stick in one's craw

try the patience of

be a pain in the neck

send into a rage

be on the back of

bend someone's ear

set one's teeth on edge

be a thorn in someone's side

be a thorn in someone's flesh

put someone's nose out of joint

make someone fed up

hit where one lives

give a bad time

arouse hostility in

be a nuisance to

run up the wrong way

work into lather

take a rise out of

get a rise out of

get on someone's case

cause resentment to

cause annoyance to

hit a sour note

make discontented

have had enough

exhaust someone's patience

lose one's temper

breath down someone's neck

get someone's wick

cause suffering to

cut to the quick

weigh heavily on

hurt somebody's feelings

cause trouble to

cause anxiety to

prey on your mind

throw off balance

rattle one's cage

cause discomfort to

be a great weight on

take the piss out of

weigh heavily on someone's mind

be on one's case

give the business

break one's heart

weigh heavily on one's mind

give offence to

put a damper on

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

cause anguish to

cause concern to

inflict anguish on

make uncomfortable

get on the wrong side of

take the mickey

do someone's head in

make despondent

mess with someone's head

put on the spot

upset the applecart

make an enemy of somebody

be in someone's way

search high heaven

give someone hell

cause suffering

play cat and mouse

put through wringer

rub salt in wound

get on the nerves of

put pressure on

come back to haunt

bring pressure to bear on

push one's buttons

break the heart of

put into a funk

be in someone's hair

be a weight on one's mind

get in the hair of

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

push someon's buttons

put the squeeze on

irritate greatly

cause inconvenience to

be the victim of

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

jump on one's case

take control of

kick up a stink

offend morals of

knock the wind out of

rasp one's nerves

give the needle

knock props out

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

create difficulties for

harsh one's mellow

give the cold shoulder

hurt the feelings of

fill with loathing

get on someone's back

drive you out of your mind

drive you to distraction

make somebody's blood boil

drive you round the twist

make you see red

drive you round the bend

drive you crazy

be a weight on someone's mind

shout catcalls at

make your gorge rise

be repugnant to

make someone's stomach rise

put someone off their stroke

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into tizzy

cast a pall over

make downhearted

dampen the spirits of

cause to lose heart

dampen someone's hopes

cause to lose hope

take the wind out of your sails

knock the stuffing out of

harsh someone's mellow

make one's heart bleed

give someone the blues

pour cold water on

cast a gloom upon

make someone's heart bleed

reduce to tears

bring tears to your eyes

break someone's spirit

throw cold water on

break someone's heart

cause someone difficulty

yank someone's chain

be a problem to

give someone bother

make someone go out of his way

cause to feel emotional strain

cause to feel mental strain

put in traction

push to the limit

make jokes about

be sarcastic about

poke mullock at

pull someone's leg

make a monkey of

go against the grain

be injurious to

have an adverse effect on

cause illness to

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