strung up
adjective
British, informal
: very nervous, excited, or worried
Don't get so strung up about everything.
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Someone had strung up nets full of walkers overhead like the world’s ickiest piñatas.
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Charlie Mason, TVLine, 7 Sep. 2025
This would enable the operator to spot targets at longer ranges and see finer detail – for example netting strung up to stop drones.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
But the sentiment behind that particularly memorable piece of graffiti — scrawled near a pile of corpses strung up in a zombie apocalypse — pulses beneath every beat in Bella Ramsey’s wrathful performance.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
Bloodlines stars Brec Bassinger and Richard Harmon also break down the movie magic behind some of their biggest action sequences, including a scene that sees Harmon strung up by his nose ring.
—Mike Miller Published, EW.com, 5 May 2025
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Charlie Mason, TVLine, 7 Sep. 2025
This would enable the operator to spot targets at longer ranges and see finer detail – for example netting strung up to stop drones.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
But the sentiment behind that particularly memorable piece of graffiti — scrawled near a pile of corpses strung up in a zombie apocalypse — pulses beneath every beat in Bella Ramsey’s wrathful performance.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
Bloodlines stars Brec Bassinger and Richard Harmon also break down the movie magic behind some of their biggest action sequences, including a scene that sees Harmon strung up by his nose ring.
—Mike Miller Published, EW.com, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for strung up
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“Strung up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strung%20up. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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