put someone's back up
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put someone's back up (third-person singular simple present puts someone's back up, present participle putting someone's back up, simple past and past participle put someone's back up)
- (idiomatic) Synonym of get someone's back up: to annoy someone.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, OCLC 59891543, page 36:
- ...that is exactly the kind of remark that is guaranteed to put certain masters' backs up, isn't it?
- You really put her back up there, John.
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