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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:

1. make upplay

2. piece (something old) with a new partplay

  Familiarity information: VAMP UP used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VAMP UP (verb)


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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