Speakur

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got someone's back up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables
got -some-one's back- up
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of get someone's back up

Questions

What does got someone's back up mean?
simple past and past participle of get someone's back up

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