"set up one's bristles" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: sets up one's bristles [present, singular, third-person], setting up one's bristles [participle, present], set up one's bristles [participle, past], set up one's bristles [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> up one's bristles}} 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.
    Sense id: en-set_up_one's_bristles-en-verb-fMWuwiQG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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