pep someone or something up
- pep someone or something up
pep someone or something up†
to make someone or something more vigorous. •
Nancy needs to take some vitamins to pep her up.
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The coffee break pepped up the tired workers.
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Better food might pep your cat up.
Dictionary of American idioms.
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pep someone up — pep (someone/something) up to make someone or something more active or exciting. With her energy and enthusiasm, she may be able to pep up the company s sales. She was always busy trying either to pep someone up or calm someone down … New idioms dictionary
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pep something up — pep (someone/something) up to make someone or something more active or exciting. With her energy and enthusiasm, she may be able to pep up the company s sales. She was always busy trying either to pep someone up or calm someone down … New idioms dictionary
pep up — pep (someone/something) up to make someone or something more active or exciting. With her energy and enthusiasm, she may be able to pep up the company s sales. She was always busy trying either to pep someone up or calm someone down … New idioms dictionary
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pep up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pep up : present tense I/you/we/they pep up he/she/it peps up present participle pepping up past tense pepped up past participle pepped up informal to make someone or something more active and lively A short… … English dictionary
pep — informal verb (peps, pepping, pepped) (pep someone/thing up) make someone or something more lively. noun energy; liveliness. Origin early 20th cent.: abbrev. of pepper … English new terms dictionary
pep talk — When someone gives you a pep talk it is to build you up to help you accomplish something. In sports a coach might give a player a pep talk before the game to bolster his confidence. At work the boss might give you a pep talk to get you to do a… … The small dictionary of idiomes
pep talk — pep ,talk noun count INFORMAL a talk during which someone encourages you to do something better or to work harder: We got a pep talk from our coach … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pep talk — [ˈpep ˌtɔːk] noun [C] informal a talk during which someone encourages you to do something better or to work harder … Dictionary for writing and speaking English