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
Henrik	HEN-rik (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Armenian
Phuntsok	-	Tibetan
Fred	FRED (English, French, Portuguese), FRET (Dutch, German)	English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese
MÓR	MOR	Scottish, Irish
ŞEnay	-	Turkish
Egidio	-	Italian