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HYPE UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get excited or stimulated

Example:

The children were all psyched up after the movie

Synonyms:

hype up; psych up

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "hype 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 hype up him

The good news will hype up her

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