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What is another word for got your back up?

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Past tense for to annoy or anger a person, either deliberately or inadvertently

Past tense for to show or display anger, indignation or resentment

Verb

Past tense for to annoy or anger a person, either deliberately or inadvertently

got your dander up

got someone's Irish up

put your back up

rubbed up the wrong way

got under your skin

got on your nerves

made someone see red

got in your hair

drove up the wall

made your blood boil

made somebody's hackles rise

got up someone's nose

gave someone the hump

got on your wick

ruffled one's feathers

got on one's nerves

raised your hackles

tried your patience

gave someone the pip

got your hackles up

rubbed the wrong way

rattled someone's cage

gave a hard time

drove to distraction

put someone's nose out of joint

drove round the twist

hit where one lives

sent into a rage

gave someone grief

made you see red

rubbed you up the wrong way

drove round the bend

drove you up the wall

breathed down someone's neck

discountenanced

aroused hostility in

gave a bad time

worked into lather

got across someone

took a rise out of

got a rise out of

ran up the wrong way

drove you round the bend

drove you crazy

drove you round the twist

drove you to distraction

drove you out of your mind

made somebody's blood boil

lost one's temper

got someone's wick

given someone the hump

gotten on one's nerves

gotten on your nerves

gotten under your skin

gotten up someone's nose

gotten your back up

gotten your hackles up

driven up the wall

driven to distraction

given someone the pip

driven round the twist

given someone grief

driven round the bend

driven you up the wall

gotten someone's Irish up

given a hard time

driven you crazy

driven you round the bend

driven you round the twist

driven you out of your mind

driven you to distraction

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“It's important not to get your back up when someone offers constructive criticism.”

Verb

Past tense for to show or display anger, indignation or resentment

became indignant

drew oneself up

raised your hackles

got your dander up

got your hackles up

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Nearby Words

got your bearings

got your dander up

got your hackles up

got your hands on

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got your act together

got wrong impression

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