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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!

See also: chain, pull

yank someone's chain

to upset someone. She knows that playing that music really yanks my chain.

Related vocabulary: push someone's buttons

See also: chain

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