Usually means: Energize, invigorate, or make lively.
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  1. ginger up: Merriam-Webster
  2. ginger up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ginger up: Vocabulary.com
  4. ginger up: Wiktionary
  5. ginger up: Dictionary.com
  6. ginger up: Rhymezone
  7. ginger up: FreeDictionary.org
  8. ginger up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. ginger up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. ginger up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. ginger up: Encyclopedia

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  1. ginger up: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ginger up)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To make something more interesting, fun, lively, etc.

Similar:
pep up, juice up, jazz up, ginger, spice up, spark up, kick up, brisk, spice, brisk up, more...

Opposite:
dampen, depress, demotivate, dishearten, dispirit

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Similar:
pep up, juice up, jazz up, ginger, spice up, spark up, kick up, brisk, spice, brisk up, more...

Opposite:
dampen, depress, demotivate, dishearten, dispirit



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