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hackles up

hackles up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hackle up.

Meaning of hackle up

Verb

hackle up (third-person singular simple present hackles up, present participle hackling up, simple past and past participle hackled up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To have one's hackles raised; to become annoyed or frightened.

Questions about hackles up

What is hackles up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hackles up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hackle up.

Words near hackles up in the dictionary

  1. Hackleman
  2. Hacklemans
  3. hackler
  4. hacklers
  5. hackles
  6. hackles up
  7. hacklet
  8. Hackleton
  9. hacklets
  10. Hackley
  11. Hackleys

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