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21rub someone up the wrong way — If you annoy or irritate someone when you didn t mean to, you rub them up the wrong way …
22rub someone up the wrong way — (Brit.).See annoy. → rub * * * rub someone up the wrong way informal phrase to do or say things that annoy someone Laura has a habit of rubbing people up the wrong way. Thesaurus: to make someone angry or annoyed …
23take something the wrong way — take sth the wrong ˈway idiom to be offended by a remark that was not intended to be offensive • She always takes things the wrong way. Main entry: ↑wrongidiom …
24go down the wrong way — (of food) to enter the trachea instead of the oesophagus • • • Main Entry: ↑wrong * * * (of food) enter the windpipe instead of the gullet …
25go down the wrong way — verb To go down the wrong tube in ones throat and make one cough or choke. Gosh! That chicken went down the wrong way, and I couldnt breath for a couple of seconds! …
26rub the wrong way — [v] irritate aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, bug*, disturb, drive up the wall*, enrage, get on one’s nerves*, get to, get under one’s skin*, infuriate, irk, needle*, pester, rattle, ruffle one’s feathers; concepts 7,19 …
27rub somebody the wrong way — verb To bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy. Its a small thing, really, to leave towels unfolded, but it rubs him the wrong way …
28rub the wrong way — index irritate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
29rub someone up the wrong way — If you annoy or irritate someone when you didn t mean to, you rub them up the wrong way. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
30rub the wrong way — bother, irritate, bug That waiter rubs me the wrong way. He s too impatient …
