jerk sb around
US informal— phrasal verb with jerk uk/dʒɜːk/us/dʒɝːk/verb [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ]
to intentionally cause difficulty for someone:
I don’t think she really likes Colten – she’s just jerking him around.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating people or animals badly
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- lay a finger on sb idiom
- put sb through sth
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- shove sb around
- smite
- torment
- walk all over sb idiom
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