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VAMP UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vamp up mean?
• VAMP UP (verb)
The verb VAMP UP has 2 senses:
2. piece (something old) with a new part
Familiarity information: VAMP UP used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make up
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
vamp; vamp up
Context example:
vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting
Hypernyms (to "vamp up" is one way to...):
cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (concoct something artificial or untrue)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Piece (something old) with a new part
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
vamp; vamp up
Context example:
vamp up an old speech
Hypernyms (to "vamp up" is one way to...):
patch; piece (to join or unite the pieces of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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