get someone's back up

get someone's back up

That joke really got my bosss back up


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  • get someone's back up — (informal) To annoy or irritate someone • • • Main Entry: ↑back * * * get/put/someone’s back up british informal phrase to annoy someone Don’t ask him about it any more or you’ll get his back …   Useful english dictionary

  • get someone off back — get (someone) off (your) back informal to stop someone trying to force you to do something, or to stop someone criticizing you. I had to sell my house to get the creditors off my back …   New idioms dictionary

  • get someone's back up — get/put (someone s) back up informal to do or say something which annoys someone. She put my back up immediately by interrupting everything I said …   New idioms dictionary

  • get someone's back up — ► get (or put) someone s back up annoy someone. Main Entry: ↑back …   English terms dictionary

  • put or get someone's back up — If you put or get someone s back up, you annoy them …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • put or get someone's back up —    If you put or get someone s back up, you annoy them.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Put or get someone's back up —   If you put or get someone s back up, you annoy them …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • get your own back — british informal phrase to do something bad to someone because they did something bad to you He was bitter, determined to get his own back. Thesaurus: to treat someone in the same bad way they treat yousynonym Main entry: own * * * get your own …   Useful english dictionary

  • get off your back — get (someone) off (your) back informal to stop someone trying to force you to do something, or to stop someone criticizing you. I had to sell my house to get the creditors off my back …   New idioms dictionary

  • get your own back — get (your) own back to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to you. Fiona had deliberately stopped me getting that job and I was determined to get my own back. She got her own back on her unfaithful… …   New idioms dictionary

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