tense up
US /tɛns ʌp/
・UK /tens ʌp/
A1
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo become nervous or anxious; to tighten one's muscles due to stress or fear.
He tended to tense up whenever the boss was around.
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- And so that's why when you hit it, your fingers might kind of like tense up and you get this really weird tingling sensation all the way down your hand.
And so that's why when you hit it, your fingers might kind of like tense up and you get this really weird tingling sensation all the way down your hand.
- And so that's why when you hit it, your fingers might kind of like tense up,
And so that's why when you hit it, your fingers might kind of like tense up,
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- If your muscles tense up really tight and you're not trying to make them tense, then this is called cramp.
If your muscles tense up really tight and you're not trying to make them tense, then this is called cramp.
- If your muscles tense up really tight
If your muscles tense up really tight
Why Love Feels HARD When You Have Unresolved Trauma
- But when someone turns toward you with real care, softness, and presence, you tense up.
But when someone turns toward you with real care, softness, and presence, you tense up.
- But when someone turns toward you with real care, softness, and presence, you tense up.
But when someone turns toward you with real care, softness, and presence, you tense up.
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- Two points c. You feel your body tense up.
Two points c. You feel your body tense up.
- You feel your body tense up, mutter something under your breath, but slowly let it pass.
You feel your body tense up, mutter something under your breath, but slowly let it pass.
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- Way more dangerously, histamine and other chemicals can cause the smooth muscles in your lungs to tense up.
Way more dangerously, histamine and other chemicals can cause the smooth muscles in your lungs to tense up.
- Way more dangerously, histamine and other chemicals can cause the smooth muscles in your lungs to tense up.
Way more dangerously, histamine and other chemicals can cause the smooth muscles in your lungs to tense up.
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- Your muscles tense up for a fight that never comes.
Your muscles tense up for a fight that never comes.
- Your muscles tense up for a fight that never comes.
Your muscles tense up for a fight that never comes.
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- It teaches you to notice your body's inner sensations, the way your chest tightens with fear, or how your shoulders tense up when you doubt yourself.
It teaches you to notice your body's inner sensations, the way your chest tightens with fear, or how your shoulders tense up when you doubt yourself.
- It teaches you to notice your body's inner sensations, the way your chest tightens with fear, or how your shoulders tense up when you doubt yourself.
It teaches you to notice your body's inner sensations, the way your chest tightens with fear, or how your shoulders tense up when you doubt yourself.
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- Your heart beats faster, your muscles tense up, and your brain stays on high alert.
Your heart beats faster, your muscles tense up, and your brain stays on high alert.
- Your heart beats faster, your muscles tense up, and your brain stays on high alert.
Your heart beats faster, your muscles tense up, and your brain stays on high alert.
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- and they have to tense up to stop their head from being moved.
and they have to tense up to stop their head from being moved.
- and they have to tense up to stop their head from being moved.
and they have to tense up to stop their head from being moved.
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- You tense up.
You tense up.
- You tense up.
You tense up.