pep up

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Verb	1.	pep up - spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" exhort, root on, urge on, barrack, urge, inspire, cheer cheerlead - act as a cheerleader in a sports event encourage - inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
	2.	pep up - make more interesting or lively; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper" ginger up, jazz up, juice up liven, liven up, enliven, invigorate, animate - make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"

Translations

w>pep up

vt sep (inf) → Schwung bringen in (+acc); food, drink → pikanter machen; person → munter machen; pills to pep you up → Aufputschmittel pl

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PS1.99 (220g) GOURMET GRINDERS Just pop into the picnic spread to pep up salad and choose from Smoked Salt, Pink Himalayan Salt, or Rainbow Pepper.

PICK UP SOME PICNIC PIECES

Sporting are trying to pep up the snooker interest with their 50-ups markets, but of course, they are fraught with danger.