be het up

be (all) het up

To be anxious or upset. She's been het up waiting for the doctor to call with the test results. I did exactly what you asked me to, so I don't know why you're all het up! I was all het up as I waited for them to announce the winner.

See also: het, up

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be het up

INFORMAL

If someone is het up, they are anxious, upset or angry about something. She couldn't understand why Wendy was so het up over Nick's decision to move back to Ireland.

See also: het, up

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