to yank someone's chain
1yank someone's chain — yank (someone s) chain see ↑chain, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑yank …
2yank someone's chain — yank (someone s) chain to upset someone. She knows that playing that music really yanks my chain. Related vocabulary: push someone s buttons …
3yank (someone's) chain — pull/yank (someone s) chain American & Australian, informal to say or do something that upsets another person, especially because you enjoy upsetting them. Boy, she really knows how to pull your chain! …
4pull/yank someone's chain — US informal : to deceive someone in a friendly or playful way I thought he really won the lottery but he was only pulling my chain. [=he was only playing a joke on me] • • • Main Entry: ↑chain …
5yank someone’s chain — AND pull someone’s chain tv. to harass someone; to give someone a hard time. (As if one were a dog wearing a choker collar, on a leash.) □ Stop yanking my chain! □ Do you really think you can just pull my chain whenever you want? …
6pull (someone's) chain — pull/yank (someone s) chain American & Australian, informal to say or do something that upsets another person, especially because you enjoy upsetting them. Boy, she really knows how to pull your chain! …
7pull someone's chain — pull (or yank) someone s chain informal tease someone, typically by leading them to believe something untrue …
8pull someone’s chain — Go to yank someone’s chain …
9yank chain — yank (someone s) chain to upset someone. She knows that playing that music really yanks my chain. Related vocabulary: push someone s buttons …
10yank chain — yank (someone s) chain see ↑chain, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑yank …
