het up

Example Sentences

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“What’s the good of rushin’? No use in gettin’ all het up an’ sweaty.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2018

BTW, we are not as het up about Halloween as Americans, it's rather more a young kids annual candy gathering event.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2016

So they do seem quite het up about it, which I think is stupid and depressing.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2013

Barack Obama has been het up about electronic record keeping since the day he was elected.

From Time • Mar. 14, 2013

I could not get all "het up" over "Spawn of the Stars," it was a little vague; I do not think the author had a very distinct idea about the nature of the invaders.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 by Bates, Harry