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getting someone's irish up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables
get-ting -some-one's irish up
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of get someone's Irish up

Questions

What does getting someone's irish up mean?
present participle and gerund of get someone's Irish up

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