psych up

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psych up

(Psychology) (tr, adverb) Informal to get (oneself or another) into a state of psychological readiness for an action, performance, etc.

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Verb

psych up - get excited or stimulated; "The children were all psyched up after the movie"

hype up

charge up, commove, agitate, rouse, excite, turn on, charge - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

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vt sep (inf) → hochputschen (inf); to psych oneself up, to get oneself psyched up → sich hochputschen (inf); he was all psyched up for the match → er hatte sich für das Spiel so richtig hochgeputscht (inf)

psych up vt + adv (fam) to psych oneself up → caricarsi, prepararsi psicologicamente

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