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keyed up

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keyed up
nervous or excited. The interview went well today but now I'm too keyed up to sleep.
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We were all of us keyed up to such a pitch of anticipation that the blow was doubly hard to bear.
On the instant those at the table were keyed up and expectant, the servant was smugly pleased, and he was wallowing in mortification.
I was keyed up to concert pitch, my brain was working smoothly and quickly, my hands never fumbled once, and it seemed that I almost divined the thousand little things which a small-boat sailor must be taking into consideration every second.
 
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