- yank chain
- yank (someone's) chain
to upset someone.
Related vocabulary: push someone's buttons
She knows that playing that music really yanks my chain.
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yank chain
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yank chain — yank (someone s) chain see ↑chain, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑yank … Useful english dictionary
yank someone's chain — yank (someone s) chain see ↑chain, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑yank … Useful english dictionary
yank someone's chain — yank (someone s) chain to upset someone. She knows that playing that music really yanks my chain. Related vocabulary: push someone s buttons … New idioms dictionary
yank my chain — If some one says this to another person (i.e. stop yanking my chain) it means for the other person to leave the person who said it alone and to stop bothering them … The small dictionary of idiomes
yank — (off) vb (of a man) to masturbate. A fairly rare but geographically widespread term. yank (someone around/someone s chain) vb American to mislead, deceive, harass or irritate someone. The image on which the expression is based is that of a… … Contemporary slang
chain — noun 1 line of rings joined together ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ thin ▪ gold, silver ▪ She wore a long gold chain around her neck. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
yank (someone's) chain — pull/yank (someone s) chain American & Australian, informal to say or do something that upsets another person, especially because you enjoy upsetting them. Boy, she really knows how to pull your chain! … New idioms dictionary
yank someone’s chain — AND pull someone’s chain tv. to harass someone; to give someone a hard time. (As if one were a dog wearing a choker collar, on a leash.) □ Stop yanking my chain! □ Do you really think you can just pull my chain whenever you want? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
yank — verb Yank is used with these nouns as the object: ↑chain, ↑cord … Collocations dictionary
yank at — phr verb Yank at is used with these nouns as the object: ↑chain … Collocations dictionary
