psych up in English

Forms: psychs up [present, singular, third-person], psyching up [participle, present], psyched up [participle, past], psyched up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: See psych. Head templates: {{en-verb|<psychs>}} psych up (third-person singular simple present psychs up, present participle psyching up, simple past and past participle psyched up)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "See psych.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "psychs up",
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    },
    {
      "form": "psyching up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "psyched up",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "psyched up",
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        "To motivate, encourage or mentally (emotionally) prepare."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To motivate, encourage or mentally (emotionally) prepare."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "psych up"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "See psych.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "psychs up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "psyching up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "psyched up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "psyched up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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        "To motivate, encourage or mentally (emotionally) prepare."
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        "(transitive) To motivate, encourage or mentally (emotionally) prepare."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "psych up"
}

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"psych up" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms