Usually means: Make more interesting or lively.
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  1. liven up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. liven up: Vocabulary.com
  3. liven (sb) up, liven (sth) up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. liven up: Wiktionary
  5. liven up: Dictionary.com
  6. liven up: Rhymezone
  7. liven up: FreeDictionary.org
  8. liven up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. liven up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. liven up: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (liven up)

verb:  (transitive) To improve a person's mood by making them more energetic.
verb:  (intransitive) To become more happy, energetic or positive.

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