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Phrase(s): spice something up
1. Lit. to make some food or drink more spicy. • Judy spiced the cider up by adding cinnamon and nutmeg. • She spiced up the chili too much. 2. Fig. to make something more interesting, lively, or sexy. • I’m afraid that the nude scenes spiced the musical up too much. Some people walked out. • Judy liked to spice her lectures up by telling jokes. • She spiced up each lecture with a joke. • They spiced up the play too much.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs