to charge up
4
4.8
- phrasal verb
- /tʃɑrdʒ ʌp/
- Informal
:
emocionar
- And that's because you're not emotionally charging yourself up for that goal on a continual basis.
- get charged up
And that's because you're not emotionally charging yourself up for that goal on a continual basis.
- And that's because you're not emotionally charging yourself up for that goal on a continual basis.
Examples
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And so I would say this, everybody listening, sometimes you're charged up and sometimes you're overheating.
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Called "Fast Charge," it drains more power from the USB port in order to charge up the battery in a shorter period of time (you saw this coming).
Blog text (19) -
It's being charged up by this environment, and you discharged it.
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And they kind of like that chemistry or antagonism gets them charged up and then they just keep on doing it.
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We opened four new buildings, and that in itself gets you all charged up (MW-NE-1).
Academic text (2010) -
Tommy was charged up, and the crowd was reasonably receptive (contrary to my expectations).
Blog text (16) -
Then they can take the completed ship out to the anti-matter facility (via chemical impulse, etc.) and charge up the "donut" with anti-matter.
Blog text (4) -
The inspiring speech really charged up the audience, filling them with enthusiasm.
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He plays energetic music to charge up the crowd before the concert starts.
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Seeing her team win the championship charged up him with excitement and pride.
Synonyms
331
2.7
To make someone feel very happy, interested, or eager
236
3.7
Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive
152
7.2
To make someone feel excited or interested
70
4.1
Make people feel excited and ready to act
65
3.7
To make someone feel more active and alert
54
4.1
Fill a place with strong feeling or energy
42
4.8
To make people feel strongly excited or upset
28
4.1
Make someone feel excited and full of energy
16
3.1
Become more lively and cheerful after feeling tired or sad
16
5.1
To make people feel strong emotion and want to act
14
4.1
To make people feel very excited and want to act
9
3.5
Make someone wake up or feel more energetic
4
7.4
To get yourself ready by feeling excited or confident
4
7.0
To make someone feel very excited and happy
3
4.1
Make someone or something more lively and interesting
3
5.6
To make someone feel very excited about something
1
8.4
To cause a sudden rush of energy and excitement in someone
1
6.0
To make someone feel very excited, often suddenly
To make someone feel strong excitement or deep emotion
Make an event like a party more lively and exciting
Make people more interested and eager about something
To disturb people or things
Make something more lively by adding music or bright pictures
Antonyms
How Excited
164
4.4
201
2.1
- Informal
4
4.8
331
2.7
206
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to restore electrical power' is directly derivable from 'charge' (to supply with electrical energy) combined with the particle 'up', which here signals completion or an increase in charge. This verb + particle composition is a common, compositional pattern in English and should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Charge up uses the picture of giving energy to something: charge means to give power and up means to raise or fill it. So when you charge up a person or a crowd, you 'excite' or 'rouse' them.