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English [ edit ]

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lit up ( comparative more lit up , superlative most lit up )

• illuminated
• 1998 , Josephine Tey, The Franchise Affair , page 97 : You wondered what she would be like when she was lit up . Excited, I mean; not tight.
• 2005 , Jim Greer, James Greer, Steven Soderbergh, Guided by Voices: a brief history I don't know if Bob remembers the whole thing either; he was pretty lit up .
• 2010 , Jeff Somners, The Terminal State Her thin, pretty face was lit up with an ancient sort of rage.
• ( slang ) Under the influence of alcohol or drugs , intoxicated , buzzed .

Synonyms [ edit ]

• ( illuminated ) : lighted , luminous ; see also Thesaurus:illuminated
• ( exhilarated, excited ) : ebullient , thrilled , worked up ; see also Thesaurus:enthusiastic

Derived terms [ edit ]

• lit up like a Christmas tree

Verb [ edit ]

• simple past and past participle of light up

Anagrams [ edit ]

• TULIP , Tulip , tulip , uplit , uptil

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drugged, esp on heroin

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How to use lit up in a sentence

Her eyes lit up as she saw her uncle and aunt, there to welcome her back into the real world.

At that point, a sphere lit up , resembling the landing of the UFO in E.T., and the overheard lights descended on the stage.

Former coach Vicki Chliszczyk recently told WBAL TV, “When she was on the floor she just lit up the arena.”

And hey, Beyoncé gave them a banner—a big, lit-up sign that says “feminist”—to join together under.

I jammed my thumb into my mouth and almost choked on it while the screen lit up with sunny skies on a gleaming lake.

It lit up every ridge and hollow for two or three seconds, and showed me four riders tearing up the slope at a high run.

Coming back along the well-beaten sandy track, my heart sank to see our mess tent still lit up at midnight.

Coming back found mess tent brilliantly lit up and my staff entertaining their friends.

And then she saw him before her in the darkness with a painful clearness, as if he were lit up by the burning rays of the sun.

Whenever a potato lit up dangerously she gave it a poke into a new position.

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Meaning of light (something) up in English

Light (something) up.

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( EXPRESSION )

• agreeableness
• all things to all people idiom
• delightfully
• distraction
• divertingly
• indulgently
• serendipitous

( CIGARETTE )

• anti-tobacco
• big tobacco
• chain-smoker
• cigarette butt
• cigarette holder
• nicotine patch
• passive smoking
• roll up! idiom
• roll-your-own
• second-hand smoke

light up | American Dictionary

( look happy ), light up something, ( make bright ), ( make burn ).

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Definition of light up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• There was an explosion and the whole sky lit up.
• The night sky was lit up with fireworks.

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• His eyes lit up when she walked into the room.
• A smile lit up her face.
• Her face lit up with pleasure.
• Stacey's face immediately lit up.
• They all lit up as soon as he left the room.
• He sat back and lit up a cigarette.

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