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setting up someone's birse

setting up someone's birse is the present participle and gerund of set up someone's birse.

Meaning of set up someone's birse

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.

Questions about setting up someone's birse

What is setting up someone's birse the present participle and gerund of?
Setting up someone's birse is the present participle and gerund of set up someone's birse.

Words near setting up someone's birse in the dictionary

  1. setting up
  2. setting up camp
  3. setting up one's bristles
  4. setting up one's staff
  5. setting up shop
  6. setting up someone's birse
  7. setting up to oneself
  8. setting upon
  9. setting with
  10. setting-pole
  11. setting-poles

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