Usually means: Energize or invigorate someone's spirits.
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  1. pep up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pep up: Merriam-Webster
  3. pep up: Vocabulary.com
  4. pep up: Wiktionary
  5. pep up: Dictionary.com
  6. pep up: Rhymezone
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  8. pep up: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pep up)

▸ verb:  (informal) To make stronger or more interesting.

Similar:
juice up, ginger up, urge on, inspire, exhort, urge, cheer, barrack, jazz up, punch up, more...

Opposite:
depress, demotivate, demoralize, discourage

Types:
caffeine, sugar, chocolate, energy drink, amphetamines, more...

Adjectives:
out, perk, upstart, elevate, downstage, elate, upmarket, pushing, pressive, uplevel, facedown

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Similar:
juice up, ginger up, urge on, inspire, exhort, urge, cheer, barrack, jazz up, punch up, more...

Opposite:
depress, demotivate, demoralize, discourage

Types:
caffeine, sugar, chocolate, energy drink, amphetamines, more...

Adjectives:
out, perk, upstart, elevate, downstage, elate, upmarket, pushing, pressive, uplevel, facedown



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