"get someone's Irish up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-get someone's Irish up.ogg Forms: gets someone's Irish up [present, singular, third-person], getting someone's Irish up [participle, present], got someone's Irish up [past], got someone's Irish up [UK, participle, past], gotten someone's Irish up [US, participle, past]
Etymology: From a supposed propensity of Irish people to be easily and severely angered. Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> someone's Irish up}} get someone's Irish up (third-person singular simple present gets someone's Irish up, present participle getting someone's Irish up, simple past got someone's Irish up, past participle (UK) got someone's Irish up or (US) gotten someone's Irish up)
  1. (potentially offensive) To anger or annoy someone. Categories (topical): Anger Synonyms: annoy and Thesaurus:enrage
    Sense id: en-get_someone's_Irish_up-en-verb-HqKojxRA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "form": "gets someone's Irish up",
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    {
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        "past"
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    {
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        "past"
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "topical",
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        {
          "ref": "1979, David Garth, New York Magazine, page 14:",
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        "(potentially offensive) To anger or annoy someone."
      ],
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        "singular",
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    {
      "form": "getting someone's Irish up",
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    {
      "form": "got someone's Irish up",
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          "anger"
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        "(potentially offensive) To anger or annoy someone."
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    }
  ],
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}

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