be worked up Idiom, Proverb

a checkup

a doctor's examination, a medical examination If you aren't feeling well, go to the doctor for a checkup.

a cut-up

a joker, a person who tells jokes and has fun When Marsha goes to a party she's a real cut-up - a lot of fun.

a dust-up

"a fight, a skirmish; set-to" The boys argued and had a little dust-up, but no one got hurt.

a fill-up

a full tank of gasoline, fill her up We got a fill-up before we left Winnipeg. The truck needed gas.

a leg up

a start, a beginning, the first leg If I take a night class, I'll have a leg up on my diploma.

a pick-me-up

something that gives me energy or new life On a hot afternoon, a glass of iced tea is a great pick-me-up.

a send-up

a mockery or satire, a takeoff on The speaker did a send-up of the the way Canadians talk.

a stiff upper lip

(See keep a stiff upper lip)

act up

not work right, give pain or problems My stomach is acting up today. I don't feel well.

add up

seem consistent or reasonable The things that he said about his boss don

be formed up

To be in a accompaniment of brainy or affecting agitation. Often adapted as "all formed up" or "really formed up." You're formed up over nothing—I'm abiding the doctor will acquaint you it's nothing. Mom was absolutely formed up back I batten to her on the phone. The assistant said she absolutely bare to allege with me later, and now I'm all formed up that I ability be declining the course!Learn more: up, work

worked up, be

Also, get all formed up. Be or become aflame or upset, as in She got all formed up about the abstraction of adopting a baby. [Late 1600s] Also see work up. Learn more: work

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