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be cut up about

idiom

informal, British
: to be very sad or upset about something
I was pretty cut up about the way the critics treated my last play.
She's really cut up about losing her job.

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“Be cut up about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20cut%20up%20about. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.

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