raise someone's shag
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