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                           Phrase(s): running high  [for feelings] to be in a state of excitement or anger.  •  Feelings were running high as the general election approached.  •  The mood of the crowd was running high when they saw the mother slap her child.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs