pepper up

English

Verb

pepper up (third-person singular simple present peppers up, present participle peppering up, simple past and past participle peppered up)

  1. (slang, transitive, intransitive) To increase in energy; to excite (someone).
  2. (informal, transitive) To add pepper (black pepper or chilis) to (food); to spice up (food).
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