Was uptight
Else clues• ___ up (got nervous)
• Became anxious
• Became edgy
• Became nervous
• Became on edge
• Became rigid
• Became stiff
• Became strained
• Became taut
• Braced
• Flexed
• Got anxious
• Got edgy
• Got nervous
• Got rigid
• Got the yips
• Got tight
• Got wound up
• Grew rigid
• Grew rigid (with up)
• High-strung, with up
• Made taut
• Made tight, as muscles
• Prepared for a blow
• Prepared for a wallop
• Prepared to spring
• Pulled tight
• Reacted to a scare
• Reacted with fright
• Readied for a blow
• Showed anxiety
• Stiffened
• Strained
• Tautened
• Tightened
• Tightened (up)