(all) het up

(all) het up
*(all) het up
Rur. very angry or upset. (All “heated” up. *Typically: get \(all) het up; be \(all) het up.) •

The boss got all het up when I said my project would be late.

Jane gets real het up when folks tease her about her freckles.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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