jerk around
Example Sentences
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He was also something of a jerk around women.
From New York Times
“You’re the jerk around here. You wouldn’t even talk to me yesterday and you expect me to just follow you around or something?”
From Literature
This intensifies as the voice shifts around the room, compelling Winston and the black-suited interrogators to jerk around to face it.
From Los Angeles Times
The film vividly tells the story of the lesser-known passages in Ailes’s life, including his foreshadowing work as president of the cable channel America’s Talking and his later, unsuccessful effort to jerk around the Hudson Valley town of Cold Spring when he moved there.
From The Guardian
Befriend better people who don’t jerk around your other friends.
From Washington Post
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