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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
'Keyed up'
What is the meaning of 'key' in the following sentence:
'This will make you feel keyed up.'
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'This will make you feel keyed up.'
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It means exited, agitated, nervous, as in, "This energy drink has a lot of caffeine and might make you feel all keyed up."
(Obviously, this is casual speech.) Or, one might say, "I was so keyed up before the exam that I could not remember all the things I had spent so much time studying."
(Obviously, this is casual speech.) Or, one might say, "I was so keyed up before the exam that I could not remember all the things I had spent so much time studying."
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