put someone's back up en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) Synonym of get someone's back up: to annoy someone.
You really put her back up there, John.
[T]hat is exactly the kind of remark that is guaranteed to put certain masters' backs up, isn't it?
1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section II, page 25:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| putting someone's back up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| put someone's back up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| put someone's back up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| puts someone's back up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |