rave-up
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rave-up
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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The rave-up chorus goes, “I’m a goin’ nowhere without you.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
In life as in song, Williams, 67, is an expert storyteller: It’s not hard to imagine the mess of our current reality cast as a blues-rock rave-up on her 14th album, “Good Souls Better Angels.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2020
And then, as abruptly as this old-fashioned rave-up began, the music falls away, leaving only a faint pulse of piano chords.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019
Some of his locations are a little too obviously camera-ready — a junkyard, a warehouse, the big rave-up at Burning Man — but the people who bought the TV rights surely won’t mind.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2018
Ortega came out swinging with the rockabilly rave-up “Run-Down Neighborhood,” a devil-may-care declaration of codependency: “We might be bad for each other / But, man, it’s oh so good.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2015
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