Spice up meaning
Spice up is a phrasal verb that means to make spoken material, a narrative, or a performance livelier and more engaging.
- Past simple
- spiced up
- Past participle
- spiced up
- -ing form
- spicing up
What spice up means
add interest or excitementB2
To make spoken material, a narrative, or a performance livelier and more engaging
A few personal anecdotes spiced up the presentation.
Similar phrasal verbs
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does spice up mean?
To make spoken material, a narrative, or a performance livelier and more engaging.
What is the past tense of spice up?
Spiced up, which is also its past participle.
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