charge up

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]

Example Sentences

The letter said some third-party sellers are charging up to £500.

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Syndicates charge up to $3,500 per person for passage, Malaysian media have reported.

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The image of him and his Rough Riders charging up Cuba’s San Juan Hill became the Spanish-American War’s enduring image, but the orders he would give for operations in the Philippines would prove more consequential.

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The truck charged up the driveway and into the cluster of farm buildings.

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There are other companies in the business of AI-likeness protection, including Loti, which charges up to $2,500 a month for public figures and has a free program in beta.

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