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
Mira (2)	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Polish
Oili	OY-lee	Finnish
Israel	['izreiə]
MiĶElis	-	Latvian
Harmonie	HAHR-mə-nee	English (Rare)
ŽIvka	-	Croatian, Serbian