2
egg on(expression, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
2
excoriate
2
fang(noun, bane)
2
flummox
2
fray
2
get goat
2
get mad(expression, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
2
get on nerves(verb, expression, idiom, trouble, bother)
2
goose grass(noun, expression, prick, shrub, brier)
2
gripe
2
heat up(verb, expression, upset, trouble, bother)
2
hound
2
injure(verb, hurt, provoke, offend)
2
jaw
2
kindle(verb, upset, bother, annoy, provoke)
2
lambast
2
lambaste
2
lecture
2
make
2
make sore(expression, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
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