Meanings
verbrattle 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)
present singular third person rattles someone's chain · participle present rattling someone's chain · participle past rattled someone's chain · past rattled someone's chain
- Synonym of rattle someone's cage.
Synonyms: rattle someone's cage
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verbSynonym of rattle someone's cage.
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rattle someone's chain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rattle%20someone's%20chain
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