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set up someone's birse

set up someone's birse verb: to make someone angry.

Verb

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

  1. (Scotland) To make someone angry.

Forms of set up someone's birse

third-person singular presentsets up someone's birse
present participlesetting up someone's birse
past participleset up someone's birse
pastset up someone's birse

Origin of set up someone's birse

From the habit of animals bristling up when enraged.

Questions about set up someone's birse

What does set up someone's birse mean?
Set up someone's birse means to make someone angry.
What part of speech is set up someone's birse?
Set up someone's birse is a verb.
What is the past tense of set up someone's birse?
The past tense of set up someone's birse is set up someone's birse.

Words near set up someone's birse in the dictionary

  1. set up camp
  2. set up one's bristles
  3. set up one's rest
  4. set up one's staff
  5. set up shop
  6. set up someone's birse
  7. set up to oneself
  8. set upon
  9. set with
  10. set-and-forget
  11. set-aside

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