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
Vivian	['viviən]
Gulnaz	-	Kazakh, Georgian, Urdu
Jabbar	-	Arabic
Gwenyth	GWEN-ith (English)	Welsh
Palmiro	-	Italian
Ieronimus	-	Late Roman