- tease someone to do something
- tease someone to do somethingiemand aanzetten/pressen iets te doen
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tease someone to do something
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tease — tease1 [ tiz ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to say something to someone in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying them slightly in a friendly or unkind way: I didn t mean it: I was only teasing. tease someone about… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tease — I UK [tiːz] / US [tɪz] verb Word forms tease : present tense I/you/we/they tease he/she/it teases present participle teasing past tense teased past participle teased * 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to say something to someone in order to have… … English dictionary
tease — tease1 [ti:z] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(laugh)¦ 2¦(annoy an animal)¦ 3¦(sex)¦ 4¦(hair)¦ Phrasal verbs tease something<=>out ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: tAsan] 1.) ¦(LAUGH)¦ [I and T] to laugh at someone and make jokes in order to ha … Dictionary of contemporary English
tease — [[t]ti͟ːz[/t]] teases, teasing, teased 1) VERB To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them in order to embarrass, annoy, or upset them. [V n] He told her how the boys in East Poldown had set on him, teasing him... [V n about… … English dictionary
tease — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to make jokes and laugh at someone in order to have fun by embarrassing them, either in a friendly way or in an unkind way: Don t get upset, I was only teasing. | tease sb: Kids often tease each other. | tease sb about: I was… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
tease — [OE] Tease originally meant ‘separate the fibres of wool’ (a sense still perceptible in the metaphorical tease out ‘disentangle something complicated’). It came from a prehistoric West Germanic *taisjan, whose base was also the source of English… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
tease — [OE] Tease originally meant ‘separate the fibres of wool’ (a sense still perceptible in the metaphorical tease out ‘disentangle something complicated’). It came from a prehistoric West Germanic *taisjan, whose base was also the source of English… … Word origins
tease — verb 1》 playfully make fun of or attempt to provoke. ↘tempt sexually. 2》 gently pull or comb (tangled wool, hair, etc.) into separate strands. ↘chiefly N. Amer. backcomb (hair). ↘archaic comb (the surface of woven cloth) to raise a… … English new terms dictionary
tease — [c]/tiz / (say teez) verb (teased, teasing) –verb (t) 1. to worry or irritate by persistent petty requests, trifling raillery, or other annoyances often in jest. 2. to pull apart or separate the adhering fibres of, as in combing or carding wool;… …
tease — [tiːz] verb [I/T] to say something to someone in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying them … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
pull someone's leg — verb subject to a playful hoax or joke • Syn: ↑hoax, ↑play a joke on • Derivationally related forms: ↑hoax (for: ↑hoax), ↑hoaxer (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
