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
Valko	-	Bulgarian
Mateu	-	Catalan
Curt	KURT	English
Judita	-	Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak
Gaye (2)	-	Turkish
Cordell	['kɔ:dəl]