yank around



yank someone around

Sl. to harass someone; to give someone a hard time. Listen, I don't mean to yank you around all the time, but we have to have the drawings by Monday. Please stop yanking me around.
See also: around, yank

yank someone or something around

to pull or jerk someone or something around. Don't yank Billy around so. You'll hurt him! Please don't yank the chairs around. Move them carefully.
See also: around, yank

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Priska-German, Biblical Greek
EmerEE-murIrish, Irish Mythology
InaEE-nə (English), IE-nə (English), EE-nah (Swedish, Dutch, Limburgish)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Limburgish, Croatian
Yehiel-Hebrew
Gunborg-Swedish
Keziahkə-ZIE-ə (English)Biblical