ginger up

ginger up
verb
make more interesting or lively
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juice up a party

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pep up your paper

Syn: ↑jazz up, ↑juice up, ↑pep up
Hypernyms: ↑enliven, ↑liven, ↑liven up, ↑invigorate, ↑animate
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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ˌginger ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they ginger up he/she/it gingers up present participle gingering up past tense gingered up past participle gingered up] phrasal verb
to make something more interesting and exciting
Thesaurus: to become, or to make something more interesting or excitingsynonym
Main entry: ginger

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ginger up [phrasal verb]
ginger up (someone or something) or ginger (someone or something) up Brit, informal : to make (someone or something) more exciting or lively

ginger a group up by proposing a new strategy

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Main Entry:ginger

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