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hype up

hype up verb: to talk up; to promote extravagantly.

Verb

hype up (third-person singular simple present hypes up, present participle hyping up, simple past and past participle hyped up)

  1. (transitive) To talk up; to promote extravagantly.
    • I hoped that Daenerys and Jon would immediately get along. It felt like watching two friends who I’ve hyped up to each other finally meet.2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club
  2. (intransitive) To get worked up; to become emotional or intense.

Forms of hype up

third-person singular presenthypes up
present participlehyping up
past participlehyped up
pasthyped up

Questions about hype up

What does hype up mean?
Hype up means to talk up; to promote extravagantly.
What part of speech is hype up?
Hype up is a verb.
What is the past tense of hype up?
The past tense of hype up is hyped up.

Words near hype up in the dictionary

  1. hype man
  2. hype men
  3. hype moments and aura
  4. hype train
  5. hype trains
  6. hype up
  7. hypebeast
  8. hypebeasts
  9. hyped
  10. hyped up
  11. hypeman

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