leaven
forbear
annoy
lose one's cool
draw fire
get on someone's bad side
temper
choke back
talk down
get out of someone's face
give someone the gears
blast
rip into
raise hell
have one's back up
offend
make a stink
raise a stink
hesitate
come down on
check
curb
govern
hold
mitigate
moderate
step up to the plate
hold in
come through
parry
twist the knife
control
contain
piss the Pope off
protest
face the music
resist
split a gut
take apart
bag out
hose down
lose one's shit
dissent
sustain
see one's way clear to
throw one's weight around
work
get someone's Irish up
cattle prod
take to task