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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
Imam
-
Arabic
Gracia
GRAH-thyah
(Spanish)
, GRAH-syah
(Latin American Spanish)
Spanish
Teigue
-
Irish
Odovacar
o-do-VAY-kər
(English)
Ancient Germanic
Lanre
-
Western African, Yoruba
Adedayo
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Western African, Yoruba
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