wind sb up
UK informal— phrasal verb with wind uk/waɪnd/us/waɪnd/verb wound, wound
(ANNOY)
to annoy or upset someone:
It really winds me up when he goes on about teachers having an easy life.
She just knows how to wind me up.
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wound up
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Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- alienate
- anger
- annoy
- burn
- give sb the shits idiom
- go too far idiom
- goat
- grate
- hack
- hack sb off
- nose
- ruffle
- ruffle sb's feathers idiom
- set sb's teeth on edge idiom
- step/tread on sb's toes idiom
- stick in sb's craw idiom
- tee
- toe
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(DECEIVE)
to tell someone something that is not true in order to make a joke:
Are you serious or are you just trying to wind me up?
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Teasing
- joke
- josh
- kid
- leg
- only joking! idiom
- pull sb's leg idiom
- rag
- raillery
- rib
- ribbing
- spoof
- standing joke
- tease
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