pep up
verb
pepped up; pepping up; peps up
1
informal : to become more lively or active
The economy has started to pep up in recent months.
2
: to cause (someone or something) to become more lively or active
a company trying to pep up sales
The coach tried to pep the team up.
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The ground-floor restaurant serves a mean smash burger, pepped up with New Mexico’s signature green chile. —
Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026 There were African masks and classical bronze busts, a vintage foosball table, and an impressive assortment of orange Hermès boxes, which Saft purchased for twelve hundred dollars in Palm Springs and uses to pep up closets at his fancier properties. —Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026 There were African masks and classical bronze busts, a vintage foosball table, and an impressive assortment of orange Hermès boxes, which Saft purchased for twelve hundred dollars in Palm Springs and uses to pep up closets at his fancier properties. —Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Pep up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/pep%20up. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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