twist one’s cap
v. phr.— «Read some of my e-mail responses from angry readers. That’ll twist your cap back.» —“Troubling Words in the Workplace” by Chip Johnson San Francisco Chronicle (California) June 17, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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