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
Carolin	KAH-ro-leen	German
Mahdi	-	Arabic, Persian
Zevulun	-	Biblical Hebrew
Nessa (1)	NES-ə	English
Lucius	LOO:-ki-uws (Ancient Roman), LOO-shəs (English), LOO-see-əs (English)	Ancient Roman, Biblical, English
Craig	KRAYG	Scottish, English