ADJECTIVE
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made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
a heated swimming pool
wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana
he was all het up and sweaty -
worked up emotionally by anger or excitement
got really het up over the new taxes
was terribly het up over the killing of the eagle
he was suddenly het up about racing cars
How To Use het up In A Sentence
- The verbal sparring and playful banter with her is really starting to ratchet up some interesting tension.
- For instance, if North Korea decides to ratchet up its military armament, then Japan is going to follow suit,’ he said.
- got really het up over the new taxes
- Don't ratchet up the pressure by attempting to cook spectacular food. Times, Sunday Times
- The Fed's Open Market Committee expected to once again ratchet up interest rates by a quarter point when it meets on Tuesday.
- The debate will ratchet up a notch on Wednesday when the Commission publishes its report.
- Raising the minimum wage would ratchet up real incomes in general.
- They were thrilled to proceed with merger mania and ratchet up already-humongous profits.
- The Watching Committee would attempt to ratchet up the pressure on the government. THE GUARDSMEN
- Mike tends to get het up about silly things.