hype up

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Verb

hype up (third-person singular simple present hypes up, present participle hyping up, simple past and past participle hyped up)

  1. (transitive) To talk up; to promote extravagantly.
    • 2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
      I hoped that Daenerys and Jon would immediately get along. It felt like watching two friends who I’ve hyped up to each other finally meet.
  2. (intransitive) To get worked up; to become emotional or intense.

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