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rattle someone's chain

rattle someone's chain verb: synonym of rattle someone's cage.

Verb

rattle someone's chain (third-person singular simple present rattles someone's chain, present participle rattling someone's chain, simple past and past participle rattled someone's chain)

  1. Synonym of rattle someone's cage.

Synonyms of rattle someone's chain

Forms of rattle someone's chain

third-person singular presentrattles someone's chain
present participlerattling someone's chain
past participlerattled someone's chain
pastrattled someone's chain

Questions about rattle someone's chain

What does rattle someone's chain mean?
Rattle someone's chain means synonym of rattle someone's cage.
What part of speech is rattle someone's chain?
Rattle someone's chain is a verb.
What is the past tense of rattle someone's chain?
The past tense of rattle someone's chain is rattled someone's chain.

Words near rattle someone's chain in the dictionary

  1. rattle one's sabre
  2. rattle sabres
  3. rattle snake
  4. rattle snakes
  5. rattle someone's cage
  6. rattle someone's chain
  7. rattle stone
  8. rattle stones
  9. rattle the bones
  10. rattle the saber
  11. rattle the sabre

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