to pep up
3
4.1
- phrasal verb
- /pɛp ʌp/
- Informal
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animar
- Looks like Me-Me's trying to pep her up so she won't feel so bad.
- try to pep up
- pep it up a little
It's looking up and really massaging, helps with the lymph drainage, but psychologically you just feel pepped up.
- It's looking up and really massaging, helps with the lymph drainage, but psychologically you just feel pepped up.
Examples
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She drank a cup of coffee to pep up her energy before the meeting.
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I was all pepped up about that speech tonight.
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Nothing like a good night's sleep to pep you up.
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It peps me up better than a cup of coffee.
Blog text (3) -
So, in order not to make it too sad, I've pepped up the name of the chapter with an extra title.
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We're going to try and pep up just a little bit, you know, so we're going to go for a very fall inspired plum look right here.
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Smart teachers will continue to use a variety of methods because a variety of methods is indeed the spice of pedagogy, and the kids find that when a teacher handles the lesson in a new way, things pep up somehow.
Academic text (1995) -
A little music can really pep up the atmosphere at a party.
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The coach gave an inspiring speech to pep up the team before the big game.
Synonyms
837
3.2
Cause someone to feel excited and ready to act
392
1.0
To make someone feel happier
70
4.1
Make people feel excited and ready to act
66
3.9
To make or become more active and interesting
64
2.7
To make something more active, alert or interested
57
3.4
To become more intense or make a situation more intense
28
4.1
Make someone feel excited and full of energy
26
5.5
To give more energy and make someone or something feel lively
23
3.9
To make something more interesting or exciting
23
3.2
To make someone feel happier and more hopeful
19
5.7
To give new energy and interest to a person or thing
17
2.7
Make a room or person more cheerful
16
3.1
Become more lively and cheerful after feeling tired or sad
16
5.1
To make people feel strong emotion and want to act
14
6.3
To become or make someone more cheerful and confident
7
5.5
To make someone feel excited about something
6
4.1
Make something more active and interesting
4
3.6
To make something more exciting or interesting
4
4.9
To make someone or something more lively
4
4.8
To make people feel excited and ready to act
3
4.1
To give new energy and enthusiasm to a person or thing
3
7.0
Make someone feel happier and full of energy
3
5.6
To make someone feel very excited about something
2
5.1
Make something more interesting and lively, like a room or outfit
1
2.9
Make a room feel more lively and cheerful
1
9.2
Give someone praise to make them feel more confident
1
7.7
To become more active or exciting in a situation
1
3.4
Help someone feel happier
To make a room feel happier and more lively
To make someone feel more cheerful and confident
Make something more lively by adding music or bright pictures
To try to make someone feel happier when they are sad
Make people more interested and eager about something
To make someone feel happier or more lively
Make an audience feel excited and cheer
Make an event like a party more lively and exciting
To make something more lively or exciting
Antonyms
How Energetic
39
6.7
26
5.5
- US
65
3.7
- Informal
3
4.1
- Informal
66
3.9
- Informal
16
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to make more lively or energetic' is directly and compositionally derived from 'pep' (to enliven) plus the intensifying/augmentative particle 'up' (to increase), so the overall meaning is predictable from its parts. This follows common English verb+particle patterns and would be apparent to a B1 learner who already knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Pep up may come from the image of adding pep, like pepper, to food to give it a quick, lively taste. That's why pep up means 'to make someone or something more lively or energetic'.