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sex up

verb

  1. informal.
    tr, adverb to make (something) more interesting or exciting

    the BBC decided to sex up the book's title



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But director J.J. Abrams may have done the impossible: sex up the ultimate nerd franchise.

When smarting under the faithlessness of women, he dashed off a copy of verses, in which he held the whole sex up to scorn.

"You'll pursue the fair sex up to the very brink of the grave, Van Pycke," grumbled Knapp.

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