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 idioms. 2013.
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
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