charge someone up

charge someone up
charge someone up
to excite someone; to make a person enthusiastic about something. (See also charged up.) •

The speaker charged up the crowd.

He reread the report, hoping to charge himself up enough to make some positive comments.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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