het up
Americanadjective
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indignant; irate; upset.
She was really het up about the new city tax.
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enthusiastic.
John is suddenly het up about racing cars.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of het up
1920–25; het, archaic or dial. past participle of heat + up
Example Sentences
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So why has the Chanel version gotten people so het up?
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
“What’s the good of rushin’? No use in gettin’ all het up an’ sweaty.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2018
"Richard III has a one-page write-up and if I tweet that picture people get really het up about it," she says.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2015
Barack Obama has been het up about electronic record keeping since the day he was elected.
From Time ● Mar. 14, 2013
Himself, he grunted, "I never could get much het up about this poetry that's full of Ah's and 'tises."
From Free Air by Sinclair Lewis
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