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gets someone's Irish up

gets someone's Irish up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get someone's Irish up.

Meaning of get someone's Irish up

Verb

get someone's Irish up (third-person singular simple present gets someone's Irish up, present participle getting someone's Irish up, simple past got someone's Irish up, past participle (UK) got someone's Irish up or (US) gotten someone's Irish up)

  1. (potentially offensive) To anger or annoy someone.
    • "It's so crazy I've got to believe they're either paranoid or trying to get his Irish up so he will run [and split the anti-Carter vote in the primaries]. My guess is it's paranoia."1979, David Garth, New York Magazine, page 14

Questions about gets someone's Irish up

What is gets someone's Irish up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets someone's Irish up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get someone's Irish up.

Words near gets someone's Irish up in the dictionary

  1. gets someone's back
  2. gets someone's back up
  3. gets someone's dander up
  4. gets someone's drift
  5. gets someone's goat
  6. gets someone's Irish up
  7. gets someone's nanny
  8. gets someone's nanny-goat
  9. gets someone's number
  10. gets someone's shirt out
  11. gets something over with

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