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set up one's bristles

set up one's bristles verb: to bristle; to react in a defensive and bad-tempered manner.

Verb

set up one's bristles (third-person singular simple present sets up one's bristles, present participle setting up one's bristles, simple past and past participle set up one's bristles)

  1. To bristle; to react in a defensive and bad-tempered manner.

Forms of set up one's bristles

third-person singular presentsets up one's bristles
present participlesetting up one's bristles
past participleset up one's bristles
pastset up one's bristles

Questions about set up one's bristles

What does set up one's bristles mean?
Set up one's bristles means to bristle; to react in a defensive and bad-tempered manner.
What part of speech is set up one's bristles?
Set up one's bristles is a verb.
What is the past tense of set up one's bristles?
The past tense of set up one's bristles is set up one's bristles.

Words near set up one's bristles in the dictionary

  1. set tools
  2. set top box
  3. set top boxes
  4. set up
  5. set up camp
  6. set up one's bristles
  7. set up one's rest
  8. set up one's staff
  9. set up shop
  10. set up someone's birse
  11. set up to oneself

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