keyed up (about something)

keyed up (about something)
*keyed up (about something) & *keyed up (oversomething)
to be excited or anxious. (*Typically: be \keyed up (about something); get \keyed up (about something).) •

Why are you so keyed up about nothing?

She is keyed up over her son's health.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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