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Definitions from Wiktionary (ham up)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To make something more clichéd, or more cheesy.

Similar:
hop up, fun up, cliché, ham it up, warm over, kick up, send up, sex up, hussy up, hoke up, more...

Opposite:
underplay, downplay, play it cool

Types:
overact, embellish, exaggerate, magnify, oversell, more...

Phrases:
ham it up, more...

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Similar:
hop up, fun up, cliché, ham it up, warm over, kick up, send up, sex up, hussy up, hoke up, more...

Opposite:
underplay, downplay, play it cool

Types:
overact, embellish, exaggerate, magnify, oversell, more...

Phrases:
ham it up, more...



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