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1 give someone the needle
expr1) AmE infmlShe gives him the needle for stopping off at a bar on his way home — Она пилит его за то, что он по дороге домой заходит в бар пропустить рюмку-другую
2) BrE slHis refusal to admit his mistakes gives me the needle — Меня раздражает его манера отрицать свои ошибки.
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