raise someone's shag
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
To cause the hair on the nape of an animal's neck to rise, as happens when it is angry or alarmed. Compare raise someone's hackles.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
raise someone's shag (third-person singular simple present raises someone's shag, present participle raising someone's shag, simple past and past participle raised someone's shag)
- (obsolete, East Anglia, idiomatic) To anger or annoy someone.
Synonyms[edit]
- See Thesaurus:enrage
References[edit]
- Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary[1], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 345