het up

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2021

“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

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

From Time • Mar. 14, 2013

“Well, you see, I read all about it all, and I get all het up, even now,” said Billy; “me raised right in here, and all.”

From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Hough, Emerson