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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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