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ginger up

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.

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Conclusive evidence on whether tax cuts will ginger up the whole economy will take longer to appear, although some bankers detect it already.

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To ginger up small-business banking, RBS, the market leader, must cede ground and money to competitors as part of the price, agreed on with the European Commission, of its rescue by the government in 2008.

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Townsfolk regularly tried to pass off halfdead or gingered up nags to us, knowing that by the time we discovered our mistakes we’d be miles and days away.

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We get all gingered up about the launch of a new Android tablet or Apple laptop the way an Arsenal supporter speculates about a hot new signing.

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