(informal) To annoy someone. / (informal) To hinder someone or interfere with their actions.

(UK, colloquial) To annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.

Expressing hope that the listener will soon recover from illness.

(courtship) To be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest.

Expression of incredulity.

Alternative form of get a rise out of

(chiefly US, transitive, idiomatic) To obtain a reaction from someone, especially one of annoyance.

(idiomatic) To proceed to do something as soon as possible, especially so as to have something unpleasant behind oneself.

(idiomatic) To commit oneself to a task or activity that is employment-related or that requires serious effort or concentration.

(informal) An escape clause.