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pepper sth with sth
INCLUDE
2. [ often passive ] If you pepper a speech or piece of writing with something, you include a lot of that particular thing
• The letter was peppered with exclamation marks., pepper sth with sth
HIT
1. to hit something repeatedly with small objects
• The city's walls were peppered with bullets.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun spice ADJ. ground freshly ground black pepper | black, white | cayenne VERB + PEPPER add, put in/on, season sth with, sprinkle He put some pepper on his steak. | grind PEPPER + NOUN mill, pot, shaker PHRASES salt and pepper Add salt and pepper to taste (= in the quantity preferred). vegetable ADJ. bell, sweet | chilli, hot | green, red, yellow | stuffed peppers stuffed with meat and riceFOOD
Oxford Collocations Dictionary