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set one's back up

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And he does not "set one's back up" like René, or, in my case at least, produce boredom like most of the other "World-pain"-ers.

From Project Gutenberg

To set one's back up against such remarkable deeds as these, I call feeble or malicious nonsense.

From Project Gutenberg

"Yes," said Erica, musingly, "to be libeled does set one's back up dreadfully, and to be much praised humbles one to the very dust."

From Project Gutenberg