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irritate inconvenience(upset, trouble, get, disturb)
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kept back(verb, scare, frighten)
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make self-conscious(distress, unsettle, embarrass)
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make waves(trouble, bother, disturb, unsettle)
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not take kindly to(verb, idiom, reject, oppose)
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pass by(reject, refuse, bar)
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passed on(verb, oppose, dislike, condemn)
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passing on(verb, oppose, dislike, condemn)
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peremptory refusal(idiom, refusal)
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pick holes in(idiom, fault, slam, slate)
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point blank refusal(idiom, refusal)
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pooh pooh(verb, condemn, object)
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put off his or her stride(idiom, distress, unsettle, embarrass)
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refuse permission(reject, refuse, bar)
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render useless(idiom, hindrance)
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screw up(confuse, mistake, baffle, muddle)
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send to Coventry(idiom, neglect, exclude, ostracize)
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shake up(trouble, bother, disturb)
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show displeasure(verb, reject, oppose, dislike)
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spike guns(idiom, hindrance)
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