soup up

verb

Definition of soup upnext
as in to embellish

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Recent Examples of soup up Portrait mode has also been souped up with artificial intelligence—AI segmentation helps detect the background, person, and sky to create a greater depth effect. — Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 25 Mar. 2026 Under his meticulous care, the gleaming red sports car has been souped up to generate 400-horsepower turbo performance, but retains much of the original features and feel. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026 For freezing, prepare the soup up to the point of shredding and adding chicken back in. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026 Read on to learn exactly how to soup up that morning shot. — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for soup up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soup up
  1. embellish
  2. improve
  3. trick
  4. ameliorate
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  • Beyond denim, sweatshirts were embellished with oversized gemstones and vintage and designer brooches decorated corduroy Trucker jackets.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The column began with Google’s Sundar Pichai, who set down a fluid stroke, embellished with two horizontal lines, two dots and a dash.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of embellish
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  • The company is reviewing costs, operations, and portfolio of brands to improve performance.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • But Hall and Woodford, in separate contributions, set about improving the Keynesian model to take into account how consumers and businesses actually make decisions about whether to invest and spend.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of improve
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  • While Bela is using the bathroom, Other Mommy approaches her and tricks her into agreeing that their family would be better if Frank wasn’t around.
    — William Earl, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Aguilar alleged that officers tricked her mother, who only speaks Spanish, into letting them in without giving her a chance to secure Kush.
    — Amy Corral, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of trick
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  • The project to ameliorate these harms has consumed much of the education sector for the past forty or so years, and very little progress has been made.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Mazzei did best with votes cast on Election Day, after Drummond had criticized the president’s plan to import beef to ameliorate the effects of his tariffs.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of ameliorate

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“Soup up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soup%20up. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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