"set up someone's birse" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sets up someone's birse [present, singular, third-person], setting up someone's birse [participle, present], set up someone's birse [participle, past], set up someone's birse [past]
Etymology: From the habit of animals bristling up when enraged. Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> up someone's birse}} 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. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-set_up_someone's_birse-en-verb-mQp-zjV7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English

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        "(Scotland) To make someone angry."
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  "etymology_text": "From the habit of animals bristling up when enraged.",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set up someone's birse",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
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        "To make someone angry."
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        "(Scotland) To make someone angry."
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}

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