get (someone's) hackles up

To become or cause to become angry, hostile, defensive, or irritable. John got his hackles up when his parents brought up the subject of college. Election season always gets my dad's hackles up.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Horacio	o-RAH-thyo (Spanish), o-RAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Akseli	AHK-se-lee	Finnish
Myrna	MUR-na	Irish
Om	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Ghada	-	Arabic
Ursus	-	Late Roman