- get up a thirst
- get up a thirst & work up a thirstFig. to do something that will make one thirsty. (Fixed order.) •
Jogging makes me work up a thirst.
•Doing this kind of work always gets up a thirst with me.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
get up a thirst
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