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(one's) back is up
(one's) back is up
(one's) back is up
One is angry, hostile, defensive, or irritable, often due to a particular cause.
John's back is up now. You shouldn't have brought up the subject of college.
It's election season, so my dad's back is up all the time.
See also:
back
,
up
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Honorinus
-
Late Roman
Rosalina
ro-sah-LEE-nah
(Spanish)
Portuguese, Spanish
MaraĴA
mah-RAH-zhah
Esperanto
Dimas
-
Spanish, Portuguese
Ingeborg
ING-e-bawrk
(German)
Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Adamu
-
Old Church Slavic
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