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Phrase(s): jerk around
Go to jack around., Phrase(s): jerk someone around [and] jerk someone over
to hassle someone; to waste someone’s time. • Stop jerking me around and give me my money back. • They sure like to jerk around people in that music shop.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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]
American Heritage Idioms