juice up
Britishverb
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slang to make lively
to juice up a party
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(often passive) to cause to be drunk
he got juiced up on Scotch last night
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Give something energy, spirit, or interest. For example, They tried to juice up the party by playing loud music .
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Change something to improve its performance, as in That old jeep's motor got juiced up in the shop , or Lowering interest rates is one way to juice up the economy . [ Slang ; second half of 1900s]
Example Sentences
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Brahms wasn’t the first to juice up the string quartet with a second violin.
From Los Angeles Times
The central bank has cut interest rates several times in recent months to a still-steep 17% in an effort to juice up demand.
Electric vehicle startup Lucid is hoping to juice up its sales with the Gravity, a luxury SUV in the heart of the U.S. auto market.
From Seattle Times
But she juices up several images here by using brightly patterned fabrics as backdrops.
From New York Times
Seattle lands one of the top free agents on the market in Dre’Mont Jones, immediately adding juice up the middle.
From Seattle Times
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