ginger up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“This little difficulty you have faced in life should not deter you. You should gear up, ginger up and pursue your dreams in life,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2020
New cadres were trained and sent out to ginger up timorous local committees; schools for two million bookkeepers were started.
From Time Magazine Archive
Founder Laurie Jackson had already enrolled 48 members, all adults who presumably could be trusted not to ginger up their mice.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our Mr. Reilly's had the nerve to fix up a rehearsal for the new French dame what's coming to ginger up our show—and, oh, believe me, it needs it—but am I down-hearted?
From The Dark House by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)
Jim Goban once said that I could beat the devil with my tongue alone, and I guess Jim ought to know by this time what I'm like when I get my ginger up.
From Under Sealed Orders by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)
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