get one's back up

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English - Turkish
English - English
To become angry, defensive, or irritable
get someone's back up
To annoy a person either deliberately or inadvertently

Telling someone that her child can and should be doing better and not offering some solutions immediately gets my back up.

get someone's back up
(deyim) Annoy or anger a person, either deliberately or inadvertently
get someone's back up
(deyim) Annoy or anger someone
to get one's back up
be steadfast about, be stubborn about
get one's back up

    Turkish pronunciation

    get wʌnz bäk ʌp

    Pronunciation

    /ˈget ˈwənz ˈbak ˈəp/ /ˈɡɛt ˈwʌnz ˈbæk ˈʌp/
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