het 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

Too many people get het up on tech ability and believe if they talk like a purist that they know more about the game.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2014

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