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juice up

verb

Definition of juice up 

transitive verb

: to give life, energy, or spirit to

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Synonyms & Antonyms for juice up

Synonyms

amp (up), animate, brace, energize, enliven, fire, ginger (up), invigorate, jazz (up), jump-start, liven (up), pep (up), quicken, spike, stimulate, vitalize, vivify, zip (up)

Antonyms

damp, dampen, deaden, dull, kill

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Examples of juice up in a Sentence

some parlor games that will juice up an otherwise dull evening at home

First Known Use of juice up

1955, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of juice up was in 1955

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