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raises someone's hackles

raises someone's hackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of raise someone's hackles.

Meaning of raise someone's hackles

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To annoy or anger someone.
    • Every time I hear him talk, he just raises my hackles.

Questions about raises someone's hackles

What is raises someone's hackles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Raises someone's hackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of raise someone's hackles.

Words near raises someone's hackles in the dictionary

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

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