Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rubbed someone up the wrong way

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
rubbed -some-one up the wrong way
IPA
48
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
3
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does rubbed someone up the wrong way mean?
simple past and past participle of rub someone up the wrong way

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