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key up

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Verb

  1. To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly.
  2. To raise the pitch of.
  3. To produce nervous tension in (someone).
  4. To raise the intensity, excitement, tension, etc., of.

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