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GET ONE'S DANDER UP or GET ONE'S IRISH UP.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[get one's dander up] or [get one's Irish up] {v. phr.} To become or make angry. * /The boy got his dander up because he couldn't go to the store./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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