jazz someone or something up

jazz someone or something up
jazz someone or something up
to make someone or something more exciting or sexy; to make someone or something appeal more to contemporary tastes. •

Let's jazz this room up a little bit.

They jazzed up Donna till she looked like a rock star.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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