set up someone's birse

English

Etymology

From the habit of animals bristling up when enraged.

Verb

set up someone's birse (third-person singular simple present sets up someone's birse, present participle setting up someone's birse, simple past and past participle set up someone's birse)

  1. (Scotland) To make someone angry.
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