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charge up

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  1. Excite, agitate, stimulate, as in The new preacher can really charge up the congregation, or Planning Beth's wedding got her mom all charged up. This term originally was used for narcotic stimulation but now is used more broadly. [Slang; early 1900s]

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From Barron's

The university currently sells the excess electricity from its turbines to the local utility company, but it could use it to charge up Cache’s thermal cement batteries.

From The Wall Street Journal

The soldiers around us all stood up to confront the Confederates as they charged up the hill.

From Literature

He said recent changes to council tax rules in Wales, which allow councils to charge up to 300% of the standard rate on second homes, had reduced demand from that group of buyers.

From BBC

Movers can charge up to 10% more than the estimated cost of delivery, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

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