"ruffle someone's feathers" meaning in English

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      "form": "ruffles someone's feathers",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ruffling someone's feathers",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruffled someone's feathers",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruffled someone's feathers",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "Sutton and David Templeton both had efforts just off target as Hearts' tactics of high-tempo, pressing football ruffled the English side's feathers.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To unease, cause discomfort to someone."
      ],
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          "unease",
          "unease"
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          "discomfort",
          "discomfort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To unease, cause discomfort to someone."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ruffle some feathers"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get someone's dander up"
        },
        {
          "word": "raise someone's hackles"
        },
        {
          "word": "annoy"
        }
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      "form": "ruffles someone's feathers",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ruffling someone's feathers",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruffled someone's feathers",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruffled someone's feathers",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "ruffle some feathers"
    }
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        "To unease, cause discomfort to someone."
      ],
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          "unease",
          "unease"
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          "discomfort",
          "discomfort"
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        "(idiomatic) To unease, cause discomfort to someone."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get someone's dander up"
        },
        {
          "word": "raise someone's hackles"
        },
        {
          "word": "annoy"
        }
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