English Explanatory Dictionary

torque off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To annoy, distress, or anger.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

torque off torques off torquing off torqued off

Etymology

Possibly an alteration of tick off. Metaphorical use of mechanical verbs (including torque, jack, and grind) with people and their emotions as the direct object is also seen elsewhere, as with for example torque up, grind one's gears, and jacked up.

Synonyms

cheese off pee off piss off tee off tick off aggravate annoy nettle rankle ruffle sting antagonize bother disgruntle botherate bug get grate burn up bedevil devil exasperate frustrate get up grotch hack off hassle irk irritate jazz molest mommick nark nerve peeve persecute pique provoke rile rile up roil storm test someone's patience trouble try one's patience vex wind up Idioms: boil someone's piss chap someone's hide get on someone's nerves get on someone's tits get on someone's wick get someone's back up get someone's dander up get someone's goat get someone's Irish up get someone's nanny get someone's nanny-goat get under one's goat
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