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touch off(verb, phrasal verb, drive, bother)
4
feed the fire(verb, idiom, bother, disturb)
4
get up(verb, phrasal verb, make, cause)
4
kick up(verb, phrasal verb)
4
try the patience(idiom, pain)
4
turn on(verb, phrasal verb, make, drive)
4
tweak the nose(idiom, pain)
3
affect the interest
3
blow the coals
3
fan the flame
3
get at(verb, worry, annoy, harass)
3
get on nerves(verb, idiom, trouble, bother)
3
grate on(verb, phrasal verb, upset, trouble)
3
heat up(verb, upset, trouble, bother)
3
infuse life into
3
light the fuse
3
make see red(verb, idiom, upset, bother)
3
pluck the beard
3
set at odds
3
set at variance
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