Stop jerking me around and give me my money back.
•They sure like to jerk around people in that music shop.
2. jack someone aroundDictionary of American idioms. 2013.
jerk 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 … New idioms dictionary
jerk 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 … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
jerk someone around — N. Amer. informal deal with someone dishonestly or unfairly. → jerk … English new terms dictionary
jerk someone around — vb American to irritate, harass, subject someone to minor humiliations. The image evoked is of an animal on a rope or lead being tugged at the whim of its owner … Contemporary slang
jerk someone around — informal deal with someone dishonestly or unfairly … Useful english dictionary
jerk someone over — Go to jerk someone around … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
jack someone around — tv. to hassle someone; to harass someone. (See also jerk someone around.) □ The IRS is jacking my brother around. CD The boss was jacking around Gert, so she just walked out … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
yank someone around — tv. to harass someone; to give someone a hard time. (See also jerk someone around.) □ Listen, I don’t mean to yank you around all the time, but we have to have the drawings by Monday. □ Please stop yanking me around … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
jerk 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 … New idioms dictionary
jerk 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… … Useful english dictionary
jerk 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… … English dictionary
