rub the wrong way

phrase
rub the wrong way \
  • antagonize, irritate

rub (someone) up the wrong way

idiom
rub (someone) up the wrong way \
  • to cause (someone) to be angry or annoyed : to irritate

take something the wrong way

idiom
take something the wrong way \
  • 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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