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
Evgeny	yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee	Russian
Walter	['wɔ:ltə]
Raphael	ra-fa-EL (French), RAF-ee-el (English), RAY-fee-əl (English)	German, French, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Girolamo	-	Italian
Nessa (2)	-	Hebrew
Riannon	-	Welsh