revved up

adjective

Synonyms of revved upnext
informal
: very excited
a rousing song that got the crowd all revved up
He came home all revved up because he had won the tournament.
She is revved up for her trip.

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That revved up tumor-eliminating T cells and a year later, colonoscopies showed fewer precancerous growths and no advanced polyps, the MD Anderson team reported in Nature Medicine. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 Speculation around who would design Swift's wedding dress revved up in the weeks leading up to the big day. — Morgan Evans, USA Today, 4 July 2026 Ludacris revved up Fast & Furious fans while celebrating the start of the 2026 World Cup. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026 Pumping iron, and apparently the exhilaration of combat, has got this 67-year-old plenty revved up. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 May 2026 The Hurricanes have been in the bottom half of ACC attendance standings every season since at least 2017-18 (due in part to Watsco Center being the smallest venue in the conference), but the enthusiasm has been revved up. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023 Though stocks revved up in the first quarter, one big fund manager's win streak cooled. — WSJ, 30 Mar. 2023 From the textured wallpaper surrounding the fireplace to the home's dark exterior—which is painted in Tricorn Black by Sherwin-Williams—the couple revved up the drama in their beach abode. — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023 Carlos Rodon, their clear recent ace, has moved on, but Manaea and Stripling could be the next to find their careers revved up by the Bay. — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023

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