cross (one's) bows

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To annoy or irritate. Boy, you are really crossing my bows today. Why can't you just do what I ask without arguing about it?

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sanne	SAHN-nə (Dutch)	Dutch, Danish
Moon	[mu:n]
Colin (1)	KAHL-in (Scottish, Irish, English), KOL-in (English)	Scottish, Irish, English
Zelda (2)	ZEL-də	English
Escobar	[es'kɔvɔr]
Louisa	loo-EEZ-ə (English), loo-EES-ə (English)	English, German, Dutch