psych (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psych (up)
Verb
  • Other venues, most notably the 90,000-capacity Rose Bowl, are braced for lots of empty seats.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • The National Weather Service said residents in Kentucky, southern Indiana, southern Illinois and parts of Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and Ohio should brace for intense storms that could include baseball-sized hail.
    Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • It is then fermented into a sweet wine, usually fortified.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Each mirror panel captures the body mid-process—being measured, considered, and eventually fortified.
    Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Although Wyandotte County has yet to see a reported measles outbreak, public health officials are readying public guidance and offering vaccine services as the disease inches north from southwest Kansas.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
  • As Amanda Hess, a New York Times critic at large and a savvy analyst of the online world, lays out in her spot-on and brutally funny new book, Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age, approximately no amount of online prep actually readies you for the experience of having a baby.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
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“Psych (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psych%20%28up%29. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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