het up

[het]

adjective

Informal.

1. indignant; irate; upset.

   She was really het up about the new city tax.

2. enthusiastic.

   John is suddenly het up about racing cars.

het up

adjective

1. angry; excited

   too many people are getting het up about money in rugby

Word History and Origins

Origin of het up¹

1920–25; het, archaic or dial. past participle of heat + up

Example Sentences

However, he said the pair complemented each other, because "when Maurice got het up about anything, Fred would calm him down".

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So why has the Chanel version gotten people so het up?

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"It's not rational behaviour - I can't explain why we get so het up."

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Thing is, people get so het up about where in-play tournaments are going to end up in the pantheon.

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Cultural appropriation is one of the issues that gets hft most het up.

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