"het up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more het up [comparative], most het up [superlative]
Etymology: Variant of heated up. Head templates: {{en-adj}} het up (comparative more het up, superlative most het up)
  1. (colloquial) Excited or agitated; heated up. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-het_up-en-adj-Qx53wAMA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Try to keep your cool and not get het up.",
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          "text": "‘What ever happened ashore to get that cold old turtle so het up?’ he demanded.",
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          "ref": "2021, John H. McWhorter, chapter 6, in Woke Racism, New York: Forum",
          "text": "We must do an end run around these people, not make the mistake of thinking they are just “het up” or have wended a few yards into a wrong turn.",
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        "(colloquial) Excited or agitated; heated up."
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