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: being in financial difficulties
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If our flight is delayed, there's nothing we can do. There's no reason to get so uptight about it.
I don't know why people are so uptight about sex.
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Eisenberg, who co-stars here with Kieran Culkin, wrote himself a role that suits him ever so well, playing the by-the-book, uptight David, a married man with a reliable job and a reliable life.
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
But Reba is her usual sitcom-esque spitfire self: sharp, uptight, on her game, and loaded with zingers.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
In addition to surprising the audience by showing no trace of the bitter, uptight woman she was made out to be, Stewart happened to be seated next to Snoop Dogg—and the two more than hit it off.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
Jeb Bush being Hispanic Nine years ago, the American political landscape was very different, inasmuch as there were Republican presidential candidates who were normal and boring in the way that an exhausted, uptight high school principal who hates dancing might be.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
But Reba is her usual sitcom-esque spitfire self: sharp, uptight, on her game, and loaded with zingers.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
In addition to surprising the audience by showing no trace of the bitter, uptight woman she was made out to be, Stewart happened to be seated next to Snoop Dogg—and the two more than hit it off.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
Jeb Bush being Hispanic Nine years ago, the American political landscape was very different, inasmuch as there were Republican presidential candidates who were normal and boring in the way that an exhausted, uptight high school principal who hates dancing might be.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Uptight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uptight. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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uptight
adjective
up·tight
ˈəp-ˈtīt 
(ˌ)əp-ˈtīt,
ˌəp-ˌtīt
: being tense, nervous, or uneasy
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