have the wind up

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To be very anxious, upset, or frightened. They had the wind up after we threatened them with legal action.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mohammed	-	Arabic, Bengali
Margie	MAHR-jee	English
Joso	-	Croatian
Hippolyta	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Anubis	ə-NOO-bis (English)	Egyptian Mythology (Latinized)
Raibeart	-	Scottish