raise someone's shackles

Definitions

1. 1

   Misconstruction of raise someone's hackles.

   • His remark about her hair had raised her shackles. "You didn't object to spending an occasional night in a comfortable bed so don't try to shift the dwindling cash onto my whims. What's put you in such a bad mood?"
   • A far-off howl raised his shackles. A second howl joined the first. The rogues had found prey.
   • Anything that even smelled of tradition or orthodoxy aroused absolute skepticism in him; actually, it raised his shackles instantly. Ashok had learned to hide the intensity of these feelings under a kindly and caring demeanor.
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, shackle.

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