charged up

charge up

1. To excite or rouse. A noun or pronoun can be used between "charge" and "up." The loud music charged the fans up before the start of the game. Once you see how charged up she gets when she talks about art, I think you'll agree that it is truly her passion. Even the cheerleaders couldn't charge up the crowd because the team was playing so dismally.

2. To connect something to an electrical or power source so that it regains a full battery. A noun or pronoun can be used between "charge" and "up." Let's take a picture with your phone—I'm still charging mine up. It takes way too long to charge up this wireless vacuum cleaner. Well, ideally, I would have mowed the whole lawn all at once, but I had to stop to charge up the mower.

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charged up

1. Literally, having a full battery. Let's take a picture with your phone—mine isn't charged up yet. How long till this wireless vacuum cleaner is charged up? Well, I hoped to mow the lawn today, but the mower isn't charged up yet.

2. Excited and exuberant. The loud music kept the fans charged up during the time-out in the game. Once you see how charged up she gets when she talks about art, I think you'll agree that it is truly her passion. The team was playing so dismally that even the cheerleaders couldn't get the crowd charged up.

3. Intoxicated, especially with drugs. That guy is acting so erratically that he must be charged up—did you guys see him take anything? No, I don't do drugs. I can have a good time without getting charged up, thanks. I didn't think they were doing drugs back there, but some of those guys definitely seem charged up now.

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charged up

 

1. Lit. [of something such as a battery] full of electrical power. The battery is completely charged up. If the battery isn't charged, the car won't start.

2. Fig. [of someone] excited; enthusiastic. The crowd was really charged up. Tom is so tired that he cannot get charged up about anything.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

charged (up)

1. mod. slightly overdosed with drugs. (Drugs.) He was talking fast and nodding his head back and forth. I think he was charged.

2. mod. drug intoxicated. (Drugs.) Paul was one charged up guy after the session.

3. mod. excited. The audience was charged up and ready for the star to come out.

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