yank someone's chain (English, verb)
expansion: yank someone's chain (third-person singular simple present yanks someone's chain, present participle yanking someone's chain, simple past and past participle yanked someone's chain)
Senses:
glosses: To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting.
tags: idiomatic
informal
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yank, chain.
Forms:
form: yanks someone's chain
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: yanking someone's chain
tags: participle
present
form: yanked someone's chain
tags: participle
past
form: yanked someone's chain
tags: past
form: jerk someone's chain
tags: alternative
form: pull someone's chain
tags: alternative