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Idioms and Phrases
Excite, agitate, stimulate, as in The new preacher can really charge up the congregation , or Planning Beth's wedding got her mom all charged up . This term originally was used for narcotic stimulation but now is used more broadly. [ Slang ; early 1900s]Example Sentences
The weather service also suggested parking away from trees and charging up electronics.
The neo-Nazis who were there said he was charging up the steps with a club and that it was self-defense.
His campaign promises to slash both taxes and regulations have already boosted Wall Street and charged up big business to pursue large-scale ambitions.
It would mean higher bills for people with disabilities who have to charge up specialist equipment.
"Yet the place looks scruffy and untidy and gets worse year after year, all while FirstPort keep putting their charges up," she added.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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