put (one's/someone's) back up

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put (one's/someone's) back up

To be or become angry, hostile, defensive, defiant, or irritable, or to instill such a feeling in someone else. John put his back up when his parents brought up the subject of college. Election season always puts my dad's back up.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Susilo	-	Indonesian, Javanese
Morwen	-	Cornish, Welsh
Quirinus	kwi-RIEN-əs (English), kwi-REEN-əs (English)	Roman Mythology, Late Roman
Imrus	-	Hungarian
Arthur	AHR-thər (English), ar-TUYR (French), AHR-toor (German), AHR-tur (Dutch)	English, French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Tamiko	tah-mee-ko	Japanese