Torque Off Meaning

(chiefly US, transitive, idiomatic) To annoy, distress, or anger.

Example: 2004, Ray Ratto, "Better off, but at what price?," San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar.,
  It is hard to remember a talented player who so comprehensively bothered, annoyed, outraged and just plain torqued off the customers quite like Owens.