set up one's bristles (English, verb)
expansion: set up one's bristles (third-person singular simple present sets up one's bristles, present participle setting up one's bristles, simple past and past participle set up one's bristles)
Senses:
glosses: To bristle; to react in a defensive and bad-tempered manner.
Forms:
form: sets up one's bristles
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: setting up one's bristles
tags: participle
present
form: set up one's bristles
tags: participle
past
form: set up one's bristles
tags: past