amped-up

amped-up

1. Vey excited or enthusiastic. Dude, I'm so amped-up for the concert tonight—I can't wait to finally see my favorite band live!
2. More interesting or exciting. Wow, the plot is definitely amped-up in her most recent edit.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • amp
  • amped
  • dooded
  • dude
  • dude oneself up
  • dude up
  • duded up
  • tunage
  • cream in (one's) jeans
  • have a scrape with (one)
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These bombings of compounds belonging to the Islamic State represent what will assumedly be the first in a new series of acts of retaliation for what the president of France, Francois Hollande, has called "an act of war." This is the most simple narrative, of course: an amped-up, spotlighted, seemingly justified counterattack.
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