with one's hackles up

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• hackle — I hack•le [[t]ˈhæk əl[/t]] n. v. led, ling 1) orn the neck plumage of a male bird, as the domestic rooster 2) cvb hackles a) zool. the erectile hair on the back of an animal s neck b) anger, esp. when aroused in a challenging or challenged manner …   From formal English to slang

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