- 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. 2014.
get someone's 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 (or put) someone s back up annoy someone. Main Entry: ↑back … English terms dictionary
get someone's back up — verb To annoy a person either deliberately or inadvertently. That joke really got my bosss back up … Wiktionary
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
