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psych up

psych up verb: to motivate, encourage or mentally (emotionally) prepare.

Verb

psych up (third-person singular simple present psychs up, present participle psyching up, simple past and past participle psyched up)

  1. (transitive) To motivate, encourage or mentally (emotionally) prepare.

Forms of psych up

third-person singular presentpsychs up
present participlepsyching up
past participlepsyched up
pastpsyched up

Origin of psych up

See psych.

Questions about psych up

What does psych up mean?
Psych up means to motivate, encourage or mentally (emotionally) prepare.
What part of speech is psych up?
Psych up is a verb.
What is the past tense of psych up?
The past tense of psych up is psyched up.

Words near psych up in the dictionary

  1. psych folk
  2. psych hospital
  3. psych hospitals
  4. psych out
  5. psych outs
  6. psych up
  7. psych verb
  8. psych verbs
  9. psych ward
  10. psych wards
  11. psych-

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