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  What it means

  Literally “to take against the grain of the hair.” Means to rub someone the wrong way — to irritate or provoke someone, often deliberately.

  Vocabulary

  • brać — to take / to rub
  • włos — hair
  • pod — under / against

  Grammar note

  'Pod włos' uses the accusative after 'pod.' The image is of stroking fur or hair in the wrong direction — against the grain.

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