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steamed up

Definition

angry, especially about something that other people do not think is important: She got all steamed up about the books being left on the tables.Angry and displeasedBad-tempered
(Definition of steamed up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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