Phrase guide

torque off

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To annoy, distress, or anger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, idiomatic, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cheese off, pee off, piss off, tee off, tick off, aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, antagonize, bother, disgruntle, botherate, bug, get, grate, burn up, bedevil, devil, exasperate, frustrate, get up, grotch, hack off, hassle, irk, irritate, jazz, molest, mommick, nark, nerve, peeve, peeve off, persecute, pique, provoke, rile, rile up, roil, storm, test someone's patience, trouble, try one's patience, vex, wind up, Idioms:, boil someone's piss, chap someone's hide, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's tits, get on someone's wick, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, get someone's nanny, get someone's nanny-goat, get under one's goat, get under someone's skin, give someone the shits, grind one's gears, harsh one's mellow, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, rub someone the wrong way, rub up the wrong way, ruffle someone's feathers, torque off

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Possibly an alteration of tick off. Metaphorical use of mechanical verbs (including torque, jack, and grind) with people and their emotions as the direct object is also seen elsewhere, as with for example torque up, grind one's gears, and jacked up.