strung up

adjective

British, informal

: very nervous, excited, or worried

Don't get so strung up about everything.

Examples of strung up in a Sentence

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Of course, the Pence Vice-Presidency ended with Trump’s movement turning on him, storming the Capitol while calling for him to be strung up. —Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024

Thousands of colorful prayer flags were strung up overhead, and every storefront seemed to be a café or a shop selling gear and souvenirs. —Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024

Inside were stone benches and mats made from tamarisk twigs, an altar and a heap of cowrie shells apparently once strung up in a curtain across the door. —Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024

Witnesses told police the dog had been strung up by its neck on a leash. —Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2024