"rub up the wrong way" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rubs up the wrong way [present, singular, third-person], rubbing up the wrong way [participle, present], rubbed up the wrong way [participle, past], rubbed up the wrong way [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rub up the wrong way (third-person singular simple present rubs up the wrong way, present participle rubbing up the wrong way, simple past and past participle rubbed up the wrong way)
  1. (figuratively, idiomatic, transitive) To annoy or anger someone. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic, transitive Related terms: rub someone the wrong way
    Sense id: en-rub_up_the_wrong_way-en-verb-BGCS8kio Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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