Meaning of play hob with | Babel Free

Definitions

mess with, cause trouble for

UK, dated, idiomatic

Examples

“They say it's playing hob with the fellers in these here parts.”

“The revolutionists who are playing hob with our generation are really masters of the obsolete.”

“It'll play hob with my sleep schedule but I suppose it can't be helped. Please let the house elves know that if I ask for an early breakfast at, say, three A.M. tomorrow morning, I'm to receive it.”

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