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get someone's back up

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To annoy or anger someone.

idiomatic

Examples

“That joke really got my boss's back up.”
“Telling someone that her child can and should be doing better and not offering some solutions immediately gets my back up.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

get someone's dander up get someone's drift get someone's goat get someone's Irish up get someone's neurons firing get someone's shirt out

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