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torque off en · VERB

Pronunciation

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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.

Meanings

1. (US, idiomatic, transitive) To annoy, distress, or anger.
   • It is hard to remember a talented player who so comprehensively bothered, annoyed, outraged and just plain torqued off the customers quite like Owens. 2004 March 5, Ray Ratto, “Better off, but at what price?”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2005:

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Synonyms

trouble · get on someone's nerves · peeve off · get under someone's skin · get · boil someone's piss · rankle · aggravate · get someone's dander up · frustrate · jazz · get up · nettle · provoke · ruffle someone's feathers · roil · piss off · try one's patience · rub up the wrong way · chap someone's hide · hack off · raise someone's hackles · get someone's back up · put someone's back up · irritate · peeve · sting · tee off · tick off · molest · vex · bedevil · harsh one's mellow · nerve · disgruntle · Idioms: · test someone's patience · ruffle · rile · torque off · pique · irk · get someone's nanny-goat · acerbate · bug · get under one's goat · persecute · grate · nark · pee off · wind up · mommick · tee off · pee off · hassle · antagonize · annoy · get someone's goat · get someone's Irish up · grind one's gears · tick off · burn someone's ass · get on someone's tits · botherate · burn up · cheese off · give someone the shits · exasperate · piss off · storm · rub someone the wrong way · devil · rile up · get someone's nanny · grotch · bother · get on someone's wick · cheese off