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Definition of het up adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

het up

adjective

NAmE//ˌhɛt̮ ˈʌp//

[not before noun] het up (about/over something) (informal) (becoming old-fashioned)

anxious, excited, or slightly angry What are you getting so het up about?

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