set (someone) by the ears

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set (someone) by the ears

To cause (someone, generally a group of two or more people) to engage in a squabble, dispute, or altercation. The entire town was set by the ears when it was announced that a giant megastore would be replacing many of its local shops and grocery marts. Jake likes to set his classmates by the ears as a means of getting attention.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kwame	-	Western African, Akan
Molly	MAHL-ee	English
Matej	-	Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Michelle	mee-SHEL (French), mi-SHEL (English)	French, English, Dutch
Radimir	-	Russian
Matthias	mah-TEE-ahs (German), mə-THIE-əs (English)	Greek, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek