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
Hawthorne	['hɔ:θɔ:n]
Rain (2)	-	Estonian
Spyridon	-	Greek, Late Greek
Georgeanna	-	English
Bosede	-	Western African, Yoruba
Maurine	maw-REEN, MAWR-een	English, Irish