soup up

soup up
verb
make more powerful
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he souped up the old cars

• Syn: ↑hop up, ↑hot up
• Hypernyms: ↑modify
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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transitive verb
Etymology: soup (II)
1. : to increase the power of (a cartridge) by greatly increasing the powder charge in relation to the bullet weight
2. : to heighten the impact of : make more exciting or colorful

souping up textbook economics for popular consumption — Siegfried Mandel

souped up his modest title with a jacket slogan — John Woodburn

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soup up (slang)
1. To increase the power of
2. To enliven
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Main Entry: ↑soup

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ˌsoup ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they soup up he/she/it soups up present participle souping up past tense souped up past participle souped up] informal phrasal verb
to change something in order to make it faster or more powerful or effective
Thesaurus: to make something bettersynonym
Main entry: soup

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soup up [phrasal verb]
soup (something) up or soup up (something) informal : to increase the power of (something, such as an engine)

soup up a car's engine

His hobby was souping up older cars.

— see also ↑souped-up
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Main Entry: ↑soup

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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