fever pitch
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fever pitch
noun
a high degree of excitement, as of a gathering of people: The announcement of victory brought the crowd to fever pitch.
Origin:
1910–15
1910–15
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| fever pitch | |
| —n | |
| a state of intense excitement: things were at fever pitch with the election coming up | |
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Example sentences
With the release of electric-drive vehicles into the mainstream marketplace, the buzz is hitting a fever pitch.
It was the best race of the day and the excitement was at a fever pitch.
The excitement kept building to a fever pitch as the singing and dancing reached a crescendo.
Thereafter, he seemed to expect every convention to reach that same fever pitch.
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