put someone's back up

verb

put someone's back up

verb

1

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:

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