Usually means: Irritate or annoy someone greatly.
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  1. get someone's back up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. get someone's back up, get someone's back up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. get someone's back up: Wiktionary

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  1. get someone's back up: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (get someone's back up)

verb:  (idiomatic) To annoy or anger someone.


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