pep up

English

Verb

pep up (third-person singular simple present peps up, present participle pepping up, simple past and past participle pepped up)

  1. (informal, of a person or other living thing) To refresh, enliven, or restore.
    I need some coffee to pep me up.
    Watering my houseplants really pepped them up.
  2. (informal, of content) To make stronger or more interesting.
    We're looking for ideas to pep up the new ad campaign.

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