(idiomatic, British) To be frightened or disturbed.
(idiomatic, British) To be frightened or disturbed.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(idiomatic, British) To become frightened or disturbed.
(informal, ambitransitive, British) To frighten or disturb.
(idiomatic, informal, chiefly, US, _, Southern) To have too much to say; talk too much; run at the mouth; to speak one's mind or voice one's opinion about a matter; blabber.
(transitive, AAVE) To confront with hostility.
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(idiomatic, reflexive) To muster up the mental energy to do something.