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psych1 verbpsych2 noun psychpsych1 /saɪk/ verb   psych1Origin: 1900-2000 Partly from psychoanalyze and partly from psych- VERB TABLEpsych |
| Present | I, you, we, they | psych | | he, she, it | psyches | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | psyched | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have psyched | | he, she, it | has psyched | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had psyched | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will psych | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have psyched |
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| Present | I | am psyching | | he, she, it | is psyching | | you, we, they | are psyching | | Past | I, he, she, it | was psyching | | you, we, they | were psyching | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been psyching | | he, she, it | has been psyching | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been psyching | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be psyching | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been psyching |
- I could psych out the captors, and I could put out orders that would frustrate them and keep them off balance.
- If the episode was staged to psych me out, it worked.
- Occasionally, nowadays, Irene is around to psych him up before he goes in there.
- We went our separate ways, both recognizing that we had to psych ourselves up for the race.
to make someone feel nervous► make somebody nervous · Have you seen the way he looks at people? He makes me nervous.· Don't watch me while I'm typing - it makes me really nervous.· Thunder and lightning always make the horses nervous. ► unsettle if something unsettles you, it makes you feel slightly nervous and unable to relax or concentrate completely: · Ted's angry outbursts unsettled the whole family.· The threat of war has been enough to unsettle international oil traders.· She was still recovering from the accident so he avoided any subjects which might unsettle her. ► unnerve to make someone very nervous, especially by shocking or surprising them : · Moore had been extremely unnerved by the FBI's visit.· The daily news stories of the worsening economy unnerved the nation. ► psych out to try to make someone, especially someone you are competing against in a game, lose their confidence and their ability to remain calm: psych out somebody: · McEnroe often used his bad behaviour in difficult tennis matches to psych out his opponent.psych somebody out: · Whenever we play chess Bill tries to psych me out by smirking every time I make a move. ► put somebody on edge to make someone feel very nervous so that they cannot relax: · Trying to keep the plan a secret put us all on edge.· Layoffs and work upheavals have put many employees on edge, both at work and at home. to prepare yourself for something that you have to do► prepare yourself to make yourself mentally and physically ready for something that you will have to do: · Before starting to write an answer in an exam, prepare yourself by thinking about what you want to say.prepare yourself for: · They prepared themselves for a long wait.· She has spent the last year preparing herself for the race. ► be prepared if you are prepared for something unpleasant or difficult, you expect it and you have thought about it, so that you can deal with it more easily: · The children were seasick last time, so this time we're prepared .be prepared for: · I just wasn't prepared for such a difficult interview.be well prepared: · Clark's lawyers were well prepared and confident. ► get ready to do all the things you need to do in order to be ready to do something, especially things such as washing or dressing before you go somewhere: · You'd better go get ready - it's almost 8 o'clock.get ready to do something: · I was just getting ready to go out when Tim called.get yourself ready for something: · In the stadium, the sprinters are getting themselves ready for the 100-metre race. ► brace yourself to prepare yourself for something unpleasant that is about to happen: · Here comes the boss, and she's not looking happy! You'd better brace yourself!brace yourself for: · Socialist party leaders are bracing themselves for defeat.brace yourself to do something: · I didn't really want to hear the rest, but I braced myself to listen. ► steel yourself to prepare yourself to do something that you know will be upsetting, frightening, or unpleasant: · I had to steel myself before I could tell her about the accident.steel yourself to do something: · She steeled herself to look at the body again.steel yourself for: · Jim steeled himself for a fight. ► psych yourself up informal to prepare yourself mentally for something difficult by making yourself believe that you can do it and that you really want to do it: · I tried to psych myself up before the interview.psych yourself up for: · A lot of athletes use music to psych themselves up for a game. ► work up to to prepare yourself to do something that you do not want to do, by gradually making yourself more and more determined to do it: · I haven't asked him yet, but I'm working up to it.work up to doing something: · She's been working up to telling her boyfriend it's over. ► gear yourself up especially British to prepare yourself mentally for something such as a test or important game, by gradually making yourself believe that you can do it successfully: · The game's on Friday, so we're starting to gear ourselves up during training.gear yourself up for: · He's been gearing himself up for his exams over the past few weeks. psych somebody ↔ out phrasal verb informal to do or say things that will make your opponent in a game or competition feel nervous or confused, so that it is easier for you to winpsych somebody up phrasal verb informal if you psych yourself up or if someone psychs you up, you get mentally prepared before doing something so that you feel confidentpsych yourself up (for something) We both knew we had to psych ourselves up for the race.psych1 verbpsych2 noun psychpsych2 noun spoken informal psych2Origin: 1800-1900 psychology 1[uncountable] a short form of psychology: I’m a psych major now.2[countable] a short form of psychiatrist |