get one's monkey up

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Verb

get one's monkey up (third-person singular simple present gets one's monkey up, present participle getting one's monkey up, simple past got one's monkey up, past participle (UK) got one's monkey up or (US) gotten one's monkey up)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To make someone angry, annoyed or irritated.