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
Merita	me-REE-tah	Esperanto
Honorata	haw-naw-RAH-tah (Polish)	Late Roman, Polish
Mahinder	-	Indian (Sikh)
Ujarak	-	Native American, Inuit
Tuur	TUYR	Dutch, Limburgish
Roy	[rɔi]