"make someone's teeth itch" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make someone's teeth itch.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes someone's teeth itch [present, singular, third-person], making someone's teeth itch [participle, present], made someone's teeth itch [participle, past], made someone's teeth itch [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> someone's teeth itch}} make someone's teeth itch (third-person singular simple present makes someone's teeth itch, present participle making someone's teeth itch, simple past and past participle made someone's teeth itch)
  1. (idiomatic) To bother or unsettle a person; to put someone on edge. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-make_someone's_teeth_itch-en-verb-bSPkd-hM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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