be on sb's ass
mainly US offensiveDefinition
› to annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone: The police have been on my ass ever since I got out of jail.Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
(Definition of be on sb's ass from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse the Thesaurus
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- aggravate verb (ANNOY)
- alienate verb (LOSE SUPPORT)
- anger verb
- annoy verb
- annoyance noun
- get a rise out of idiom
- get in sb's hair idiom
- get on sb's tits idiom
- get on sb's wick idiom
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- importune verb
- make (sb's) hackles rise idiom
- make sb's blood boil idiom
- nettle verb
- nuisance noun
- outrage verb
- turn sb's stomach idiom
- vex verb
- wind sb up phrasal verb (ANNOY)
- won't thank you for doing sth idiom
Our dictionaries
Word of the Day
throw caution to the wind/winds
to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
