How is the phrase prendre à rebrousse-poil translated from French to English

English translation
rub someone up the wrong way
phrase

Agacer quelqu'un sans vraiment le vouloir.

To annoy someone without really meaning to.

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  • Il me prend à rebrousse-poil, je ne sais pas pourquoi. — He rubs me up the wrong way somehow.

  • Ce ton prend les gens à rebrousse-poil. — That tone rubs people up the wrong way.

  • Elle a pris toute l'équipe à rebrousse-poil. — She rubbed the whole team up the wrong way.

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