"keyed up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more keyed up [comparative], most keyed up [superlative]
Etymology: From the phrasal verb key up. Etymology templates: {{m|en|key up}} key up Head templates: {{en-adj|head=keyed up}} keyed up (comparative more keyed up, superlative most keyed up)
  1. (colloquial) Nervous; worried. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-keyed_up-en-adj-iwjO9pwY

Verb

Etymology: From the phrasal verb key up. Etymology templates: {{m|en|key up}} key up Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} keyed up
  1. simple past and past participle of key up Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: key up
    Sense id: en-keyed_up-en-verb-epWKWohc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94

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