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
Hajni	HAWY-nee	Hungarian
Lucinda	loo-SIN-də (English)	English, Portuguese, Literature
MÁRio	-	Portuguese
Marijus	-	Lithuanian
Waldemar	vahl-DE-mahr (German, Polish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish
Yuuko	yoo:-ko	Japanese