- get on someone's wick Brit.
- get on someone's wick Brit.informalannoy someone.→ wick
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get on someone's wick — (informal) To irritate someone • • • Main Entry: ↑wick * * * get on someone’s wick british very informal phrase to annoy someone Thesaurus: to make someone angry or annoyedsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
get on someone's wick — ► get on someone s wick Brit. informal annoy someone. Main Entry: ↑wick … English terms dictionary
get on someone's nerves — IRRITATE, annoy, irk, anger, bother, vex, provoke, displease, exasperate, infuriate, gall, pique, needle, ruffle someone s feathers, try someone s patience; jar on, grate on, rankle; Brit. rub up the wrong way; informal aggravate, get to, bug,… … Useful english dictionary
wick — wick1 noun 1》 a strip of porous material up which liquid fuel is drawn by capillary action to the flame in a candle, lamp, or lighter. 2》 Medicine a gauze strip inserted in a wound to drain it. verb absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action … English new terms dictionary
wick — [[t]wɪ̱k[/t]] wicks 1) N COUNT The wick of a candle is the piece of string in it which burns when it is lit. 2) N COUNT The wick of a paraffin lamp or cigarette lighter is the part which supplies the fuel to the flame when it is lit. 3) PHRASE: V … English dictionary
make someone's hackles rise — ANNOY, irritate, exasperate, anger, incense, infuriate, irk, nettle, vex, put out, provoke, gall, antagonize, get on someone s nerves, ruffle someone s feathers, rankle with; Brit. rub up the wrong way; informal aggravate, peeve, needle, rile,… … Useful english dictionary
annoy — verb Syn: irritate, bother, vex, make cross, exasperate, irk, anger, antagonize, nettle; Brit. rub up the wrong way; informal aggravate, peeve, miff, rile, needle, get (to), bug, hack off; Brit.; informal wind up, nark … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
irritate — verb 1) his tone irritated her Syn: annoy, bother, vex, make cross, exasperate, infuriate, anger, madden; Brit. rub up the wrong way; informal aggravate, peeve, rile, needle, get (to), bug, hack off; Brit.; infor … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
