To put one's back up
| to assume an attitude of obstinate resistance (from the action of a cat when attacked). |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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- To pull up
- To push down
- To push on
- To put (someone) through one's paces
- To put [one] out of conceit with
- To put a case
- To put a rod in pickle
- To put a spoke in one's wheel
- To put a vessel into commission
- To put a vessel out of commission
- To put about
- To put an end to
- To put back
- To put forth
- To put in
- To put in an appearance
- To put in for
- To put in mind
- To put in one's oar
- To put in pledge
- To put in possession
- To put into the chair
- To put off
- To put on
- To put one one's mettle
- To put one's back up
- To put one's foot down
- To put one's foot in one's mouth
- To put one's legs under some one's mahogany
- To put one's nose out of joint
- To put one's nose to the grindstone
- To put one's self upon the country
- To put out of court
- To put out of the way
- To put over
- To put stress upon
- To put the best foot foremost
- To put the cart before the horse
- To put the comether on
- To put the great seal into commission
- To put the hand unto
- To put the kibosh on
- To put the last hand to
- To put the screws on
- To put to flight
- To put to grass
- To put to nurse
- To put to one's trumps
- To put to rout
- To put to sea
- To put to shame
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- to put a good/bold face on something
- To put a rod in pickle
- To put a spoke in one's wheel
- To put a vessel into commission
- To put a vessel out of commission
- To put about
- To put an end to
- To put back
- To put forth
- To put in
- to put in a good word for someone/something
- To put in an appearance
- To put in for
- To put in mind
- To put in one's oar
- To put in pledge
- To put in possession
- To put into the chair
- to put it another way
- to put it mildly
- to put it mildly
- to put it mildly
- to put it on ice
- To put off
- To put on
- to put on airs
- to put on hold/ice/the back burner
- to put on one's thinking cap
- to put on the dog
- To put one one's mettle
- To put one's back up
- to put one's best foot forward
- To put one's foot down
- To put one's foot down
- to put one's foot in it/one's mouth
- To put one's foot in one's mouth
- To put one's legs under some one's mahogany
- to put one's money where one's mouth is
- To put one's nose out of joint
- To put one's nose to the grindstone
- to put one's oar in
- To put one's self upon the country
- To put out of court
- To put out of the way
- To put over
- to put someone in the picture
- To put stress upon
- To put the best foot foremost
- To put the cart before the horse
- To put the comether on
- To put the great seal into commission
- To put the hand unto
- To put the kibosh on
- To put the last hand to
- To put the screws on
- To put to flight
- To put to grass
- To put to nurse
- To put to one's trumps
- To put to rout
- To put to sea
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