From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishjerk somebody around phrasal verb American English informalSPEND TIMEto waste someone’s time or deliberately make things difficult for them → jerk→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
jerk around• They begin to go through motions of dancing, holding on to the steel poles that support the ceiling, jerking mechanically.• It was in her hand when the soldier jerked her roughly around and pulled her against him.• Suddenly remembering the night, she jerked her head around and saw his winged black eyebrows.• Gao Yang jerked his head around, as his stomach lurched and a pocket of air rushed noisily to his throat.• But then she jerked her horse around savagely, and wheeled off with her escort in pursuit.• He was only sorry that the. 38 had jerked his hand around so.• Less than a second later he was jerked up and around to meet a devastating punch straight to the jaw. 