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raise someone's shag

raise someone's shag verb: to anger or annoy someone.

Verb

raise someone's shag (third-person singular simple present raises someone's shag, present participle raising someone's shag, simple past and past participle raised someone's shag)

  1. (East-Anglia, idiomatic, obsolete) To anger or annoy someone.
    Synonyms:
    enrage

Synonyms of raise someone's shag

Forms of raise someone's shag

third-person singular presentraises someone's shag
present participleraising someone's shag
past participleraised someone's shag
pastraised someone's shag

Origin of raise someone's shag

To cause the hair on the nape of an animal's neck to rise, as happens when it is angry or alarmed. Compare raise someone's hackles.

Questions about raise someone's shag

What does raise someone's shag mean?
Raise someone's shag means to anger or annoy someone.
What part of speech is raise someone's shag?
Raise someone's shag is a verb.
What is the past tense of raise someone's shag?
The past tense of raise someone's shag is raised someone's shag.

Words near raise someone's shag in the dictionary

  1. raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  2. raise red flags
  3. raise someone's consciousness
  4. raise someone's hackles
  5. raise someone's shackles
  6. raise someone's shag
  7. raise someone's spirits
  8. raise steam
  9. raise the alarm
  10. raise the ante
  11. raise the bar

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