"arc up" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɑːk ap/ [General-Australian] Audio: EN-AU ck1 arc up.ogg [Australia] Forms: arcs up [present, singular, third-person], arcing up [participle, present], arced up [participle, past], arced up [past]
Etymology: Thought to be from electrical arcs created when starting/booting/arcing up an electrical device. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} arc up (third-person singular simple present arcs up, present participle arcing up, simple past and past participle arced up)
  1. (Australia, slang, intransitive) To become upset or angry. Tags: Australia, intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Anger Translations (become upset or angry): 生氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 生气 (shēngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 火大 (huǒdà) (Chinese Mandarin), suuttua (Finnish), irritar-se (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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