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yank someone’s chain

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yank someone’s chain

and pull someone’s chain

tv. to harass someone; to give someone a hard time. (As if one were a dog wearing a choker collar, on a leash.) Stop yanking my chain, you twit! Do you really think you can just pull my chain whenever you want?

See also: chain, yank