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!

• knock dead
• knock down
• knock-down-drag-out
• knock 'em dead
• knock for a loop
• knock for six
• knocking shop
• knock into shape
• knock it off
• Knock it off!
• knock off
• knock off feet
• knock off pedestal
• knock off perch
• knock off something
• knock off their feet
• knock off their pedestal
• knock off their perch
• knock on the head
• knock on wood
• knock out
• knock sense into
• knock sense into someone
• knock sideways
• knock socks off