put someone's back up

verb

Synonym of get someone's back up: to annoy someone.

“You really put her back up there, John.”

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Meanings

verbput someone's back up (third-person singular simple present puts someone's back up, present participle putting someone's back up, simple past and past participle put someone's back up)

present singular third person puts someone's back up · participle present putting someone's back up

  1. idiomaticSynonym of get someone's back up: to annoy someone.

    You really put her back up there, John.

    1 more example

    [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

    Synonyms: get someone's back up

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of get someone's back up: to annoy someone.

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