vamp up


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Related to vamp up: ramp up
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.vamp up - make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting"
vamp
cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue
2.vamp up - piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old speech"
vamp
patch, piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
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Translations

w>vamp up

vt sep → aufpolieren (inf), → aufmotzen (inf)
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