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