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},
{
"form": "rubbing someone the wrong way",
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{
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"text": "It's a small thing, really, to leave towels unfolded, but it rubs him the wrong way.",
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"To bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy."
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy."
],
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"word": "raise someone's hackles"
},
{
"word": "rub up the wrong way"
},
{
"word": "take the wrong way"
}
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "ärsyttää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "jmdn. ein Dorn im Auge sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "jmdn. gegen den Strich gehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "jmdn. über die Hutschnur gehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "jucken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "kratzen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "infastidire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "irritare"
}
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}
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "ärsyttää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "jmdn. ein Dorn im Auge sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "jmdn. gegen den Strich gehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "jmdn. über die Hutschnur gehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "jucken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "kratzen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "infastidire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bother",
"word": "irritare"
}
],
"word": "rub someone the wrong way"
}
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