Usually means: Make more pleasant or agreeable.
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  1. sweeten up: Merriam-Webster
  2. sweeten up: Wiktionary

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  1. sweeten up: Idioms

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  1. sweeten up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sweeten up)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To make sweet to the taste.

Similar:
sweeten, outsweeten, sweeten the pot, honey, besweeten, edulcorate, sugar, back-sweeten, soften up, behoney, more...

Opposite:
sour, unsweeten, bitter

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Similar:
sweeten, outsweeten, sweeten the pot, honey, besweeten, edulcorate, sugar, back-sweeten, soften up, behoney, more...

Opposite:
sour, unsweeten, bitter



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