rub the wrong way
phrase
rub the wrong way
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- antagonize, irritate
rub (someone) up the wrong way
idiom
rub (someone) up the wrong way
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- to cause (someone) to be angry or annoyed : to irritate
take something the wrong way
idiom
take something the wrong way
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- be offended by something —used in a negative context to introduce a statement that could be offensive to say that one does not mean to offend
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