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put nose out of joint

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put someone's nose out of joint
Fig. to make someone resentful. What's wrong with Jill? What put her nose out of joint? Don't put your nose out of joint. I didn't mean anything by what I said.
See also: joint, nose, out, put

put somebody's nose out of joint  (informal)
to upset or annoy someone Martin refused to let her chair the meeting which rather put her nose out of joint.
See also: joint, nose, out, put


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