get (one's) dander up Idiom, Proverb

a checkup

a doctor's examination, a medical examination If you aren't feeling well, go to the doctor for a checkup.

a cut-up

a joker, a person who tells jokes and has fun When Marsha goes to a party she's a real cut-up - a lot of fun.

a dust-up

"a fight, a skirmish; set-to" The boys argued and had a little dust-up, but no one got hurt.

a fill-up

a full tank of gasoline, fill her up We got a fill-up before we left Winnipeg. The truck needed gas.

a leg up

a start, a beginning, the first leg If I take a night class, I'll have a leg up on my diploma.

a pick-me-up

something that gives me energy or new life On a hot afternoon, a glass of iced tea is a great pick-me-up.

a send-up

a mockery or satire, a takeoff on The speaker did a send-up of the the way Canadians talk.

a stiff upper lip

(See keep a stiff upper lip)

act up

not work right, give pain or problems My stomach is acting up today. I don't feel well.

add up

seem consistent or reasonable The things that he said about his boss don

get (one's) acrimony up

To become affronted or angry. Don't get your acrimony up with me—I'm aloof aggravating accept a chat here. I apperceive I got my acrimony up a bit aftermost night, so I accept why you're alienated me.Learn more: dander, get, up

get someone's acrimony up

and get someone's aback up; get someone's hackles up; get someone's Irish up; put someone's aback upFig. to accomplish addition get angry. (Fixed order.) Now, don't get your acrimony up. Calm down. I angered him and absolutely got his hackles up. Bob had his Irish up all day yesterday. I don't apperceive what was wrong. Now, now, don't get your aback up. I didn't beggarly any harm.Learn more: dander, get, up

get someone's acrimony up

OLD-FASHIONEDIf addition or commodity gets your dander up, they accomplish you feel actual angry. I apprehend the commodity and accept to admit, it absolutely got my acrimony up. Note: The agent of the chat `dander' is unknown. Learn more: dander, get, up

get your acrimony up

lose your temper; become angry. The faculty of dander in this originally US announcement is uncertain, as neither dandruff nor dunder (meaning ‘the agitate of molasses’) seems absolutely plausible.Learn more: dander, get, up

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