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Idioms & Phrases
pull someone's chain
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Make someone speak out of turn, as in Who pulled your chain?
It's none of your business. [1920s] -
Make someone angry, especially deliberately, as in Teenagers really know how to pull their parents' chains. [c. 1960] Both usages allude to the literal sense of chain-pulling, that is, "causing someone to do something, as though activated by a chain."
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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