yank someone's chain

yank someone's chain
yank someone's chain
Sl. to harass someone; to give someone a hard time. (As if one were a dog wearing a choker collar, on a leash.) •

Stop yanking my chain!

Do you really think you can just yank my chain whenever you want?


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • pull (someone's) chain — pull/yank (someone s) chain American & Australian, informal to say or do something that upsets another person, especially because you enjoy upsetting them. Boy, she really knows how to pull your chain! …   New idioms dictionary

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  • yank chain — yank (someone s) chain see ↑chain, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑yank …   Useful english dictionary

  • yank — (off) vb (of a man) to masturbate. A fairly rare but geographically widespread term. yank (someone around/someone s chain) vb American to mislead, deceive, harass or irritate someone. The image on which the expression is based is that of a… …   Contemporary slang

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