raise someone's shag
English
editEtymology
editTo 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
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
editraise 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