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PSYCH UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does psych up mean?
• PSYCH UP (verb)
The verb PSYCH UP has 1 sense:
1. get excited or stimulated
Familiarity information: PSYCH UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get excited or stimulated
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
hype up; psych up
Context example:
The children were all psyched up after the movie
Hypernyms (to "psych up" is one way to...):
agitate; charge; charge up; commove; excite; rouse; turn on (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will psych up him
The good news will psych up her
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