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Meanings of psych up in English

Spanish
picar

Get excited or stimulated.

        picar
        Usage of psych up in English
        1
        We didn't mind; it gave us time to psych up and sort out the gear.
        Climbing Magazine
        2
        And get a psych up here, right now.
        Mistress of the game
        3
        Anyway, the Ireland women's scrum coach asked us to guess the pre-game psych up film watched on Monday night?
        The Irish Times
        4
        The real psych up period would begin at 20:00 Sunday night when I met my guide, Mike, a fit 30-something from Slovakia.
        Climbing Magazine
        5
        Claire said he'd been psyching up for Indian Face for six months.
        Climbing Magazine
        6
        After doing the route as a pair, Steck psyched up and soloed it.
        Climbing Magazine
        7
        Being properly psyched up:
        Bardisms
        8
        Day Three and Tony Adams was psyching up the England lads for the Portugal game with quotes from Shakespeare, according to Sky News.
        The Irish Times
        Translations for psych up