raise someone's shag

raise someone's shag

English

Etymology

To cause the hair on the nape of an animal's neck to rise, as happens when it is angry or alarmed. Compare raise someone's hackles.

Pronunciation

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Verb

raise someone's shag (third-person singular simple present raises someone's shag, present participle raising someone's shag, simple past and past participle raised someone's shag)

1. (obsolete, East Anglia, idiomatic) To anger or annoy someone.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:enrage

References

• Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary‎, volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 345