jerk around someone
1jerk around — transitive verb : to treat badly especially in an underhanded or inconsistent way the public gets jerked around by all this confusing information Arnold Relman * * * jerk around [phrasal verb] jerk (someone) around chiefly US, informal : to be… …
2jerk around — phrasal verb Word forms jerk around : present tense I/you/we/they jerk around he/she/it jerks around present participle jerking around past tense jerked around past participle jerked around mainly American informal 1) jerk someone around… …
3jerk around — jerk (someone) around to deceive someone about whether or not you intend to do something. They ve been jerking us around for a long time, first by not offering us a contract or then by saying they won t sign one …
4jerk around — PHRASAL VERB If you say that someone is jerking you around, you mean that they are not being honest with you about something. [INFORMAL] [V n P] Don t jerk me around, Mr Crook... [V n P] We re being jerked around, and I don t like it …
5jerk — jerk1 [dʒə:k US dʒə:rk] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from yerk to hit, pull suddenly (16 19 centuries)] 1.) [I and T] to move with a quick sudden movement, or to make part of your body move in this way ▪ Wilcox jerked his head to indicate …
6jerk someone around — AND jerk someone over tv. to hassle someone; to waste someone’s time. □ Stop jerking me around and give me my money back. CD They sure like to jerk around people in that music shop …
7jerk — [[t]ʤɜ͟ː(r)k[/t]] jerks, jerking, jerked 1) V ERG If you jerk something or someone in a particular direction, or they jerk in a particular direction, they move a short distance very suddenly and quickly. [V adv/prep] Mr Griffin jerked forward in… …
8jerk — I UK [dʒɜː(r)k] / US [dʒɜrk] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms jerk : present tense I/you/we/they jerk he/she/it jerks present participle jerking past tense jerked past participle jerked 1) a) to move very suddenly, or to make something… …
9jerk — I [[t]dʒɜrk[/t]] n. 1) a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, or the like; sudden, abrupt movement 2) phl a sudden involuntary muscle contraction, as of a reflex 3) sts Slang. a contemptibly naive, stupid, or insignificant person 4) spo (in… …
10jerk someone around — jerk (someone) around to deceive someone about whether or not you intend to do something. They ve been jerking us around for a long time, first by not offering us a contract or then by saying they won t sign one …
