get (someone's) back up

To become or cause to become angry, hostile, defensive, or irritable. John got his back up when his parents brought up the subject of college. Election season always gets my dad's back up.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tuvya	-	Hebrew
Willoughby	WIL-ə-bee	English (Rare)
Leonhard	LE-awn-hahrt	German
Haik	-	Armenian
Payton	['peitn]
Ingrid	ING-rid (Swedish), ING-ree (Norwegian), ING-grit (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German