"raise someone's shackles" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: raises someone's shackles [present, singular, third-person], raising someone's shackles [participle, present], raised someone's shackles [participle, past], raised someone's shackles [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} raise someone's shackles (third-person singular simple present raises someone's shackles, present participle raising someone's shackles, simple past and past participle raised someone's shackles)
  1. Misconstruction of raise someone's hackles Tags: alt-of, misconstruction Alternative form of: raise someone's hackles
    Sense id: en-raise_someone's_shackles-en-verb-xxfls6~K Categories (other): English misconstructions, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, shackle.
    Sense id: en-raise_someone's_shackles-en-verb-1iG4ULwc
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          "text": "and rarely did it raise his shackles, but he didn't particularly care for Red's touch, as flattering as he supposed it was. But this wasn't flattery, Red was working.",
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          "text": "He would be expecting news, but she was wary of sharing the past Christmas celebration for fear it would raise his shackles.",
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