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ginger up

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to enliven (an activity, group, etc)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

New cadres were trained and sent out to ginger up timorous local committees; schools for two million bookkeepers were started.

From Time Magazine Archive

They're paid less than driven by threats of exposure to us—comes cheaper, and serves to ginger up the spies!

From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot

See if you can't ginger up a bit.

From Left Guard Gilbert by Caswell, Edward C.

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