buzz up
B1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
Call someone upstairs using an intercom, or make someone feel full of energy.
Literal meaning: To send a buzz (signal or energy) upward to someone.
Meanings
1 B1 informal
To contact someone on a higher floor or in a building by using an intercom or internal telephone.
"When the courier arrived at reception, the desk clerk buzzed up to the manager's office."
Grammar: separable
2 B2
idiomatic
informal
To make someone feel excited, energetic, or stimulated.
"The crowd's reaction really buzzed the performers up before the final act."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
The intercom sense is most common in British English (e.g. in hotels or apartment buildings). The 'energise' sense is more figurative and informal.
Commonly used with
guest visitor lobby reception energy excitement
Forms
Base
buzz up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
buzzes up
he/she/it
Past simple
buzzed up
yesterday
Past participle
buzzed up
have + pp
-ing form
buzzing up
continuous
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