make someone's teeth itch

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make someone's teeth itch (third-person singular simple present makes someone's teeth itch, present participle making someone's teeth itch, simple past and past participle made someone's teeth itch)

  1. (idiomatic) To bother or unsettle a person; to put someone on edge.
    The squeaking won’t do any harm, but if it makes your teeth itch, oil the hinge.
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