feed the flames
comb someone's hair the wrong way
troll
belabour
tub-thump
enturbulate
get up someone's nose
pick a fight
test someone's patience
cause a stir
give curry
fulminate
shit-stir
draw fire
rip into
wrangle
cue
lam into
get at
explode
scorch
light the touch-paper
get under someone's skin
put the frighteners on someone
polemize
importune
pick
bearbait
chafe
provocate
enrage
curl someone's hair
fustigate
vent one's gall
bite someone's head off
make a scene
bare one's teeth
rip
get under one's goat
get stuck into
watch the feathers fly
fret
break someone's balls
crucify
vituperate
rage
jump down someone's throat
blast
come in hot
pillory