set up someone's birse

verb

To make someone angry.

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Meanings

verbset 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)

present singular third person sets up someone's birse · participle present setting up someone's birse

  1. ScotlandTo make someone angry.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
enrage

Origin

From the habit of animals bristling up when enraged.

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APA

set up someone's birse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20up%20someone's%20birse

MLA

“set up someone's birse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20up%20someone's%20birse. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “set up someone's birse,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20up%20someone's%20birse.

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