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psych up
verb
To motivate
synonyms
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Perhaps foolishly, this week I tried to psych up my son, who isn't looking forward to returning to his state elementary school in Beijing and those new characters.
The Anchorman actor made a surprise appearance at a bar in Recife, Brazil, where he took to the stage to psych up US fans.
Not to psych up but psych down, for hopefully the first 20 miles, so that they're not using extra energy on what's going on but just relax.
And it was all in a bid to psych up the fans and spur the underdog Sixers, who still lost, 100-86, thethe Los Angeles Lakers tonight in Game 4 of the N.B.A. finals.
No need to psych up".
Especially when standing atop a skateboard ramp for the first time, trying to psych up for the drop.
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No psyching up the crowd.
In other words, competitors become "psyched up".
"I get psyched up too high.
"He was psyched up about it," Scott said.
"I don't get all psyched up about it".
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