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jerk around
Idioms and Phrases
Take unfair advantage of, manipulate or deceive, as in Leave me alone; quit jerking me around! or He was jerking you around when he said he was home all evening . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]Example Sentences
He was also something of a jerk around women.
I jerk around to the fry cook, who struggles with his apron.
“You’re the jerk around here. You wouldn’t even talk to me yesterday and you expect me to just follow you around or something?”
This intensifies as the voice shifts around the room, compelling Winston and the black-suited interrogators to jerk around to face it.
I felt his weight jerk around my waist.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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