lit up

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lit up (comparative more lit up, superlative most lit up)

  1. illuminated
    • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:
      On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.
  2. (slang) exhilarated, excited; showing signs of emotion
    • 1998, Josephine Tey, The Franchise Affair, page 97:
      You wondered what she would be like when she was lit up. Excited, I mean; not tight.
    • 2005, Jim Greer, James Greer, Steven Soderbergh, Guided by Voices: a brief history
      I don't know if Bob remembers the whole thing either; he was pretty lit up.
    • 2010, Jeff Somners, The Terminal State
      Her thin, pretty face was lit up with an ancient sort of rage.
  3. (slang) Under the influence of alcohol or drugs, intoxicated, buzzed.

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lit up

  1. simple past and past participle of light up

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