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poke the bear
idiom
informal
to intentionally make or try to make someone angry or offended, especially someone more powerful than you:
He attacked his colleagues for not wanting to poke the bear, referring to them not wanting to confront the president.
"Don't poke the bear," was the warning about crossing the boss.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
aggravate
aggrieve
alienate
anger
annoy
bend
give someone the shitsidiom
go too faridiom
goat
grate
hack someone off
nark
rub
rub someone up the wrong wayidiom
ruffle
ruffle someone's feathersidiom
set someone's teeth on edgeidiom
tit
tooth
troll
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