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SEX UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sex up mean?
• SEX UP (verb)
The verb SEX UP has 1 sense:
1. give erotic character to or make more interesting
Familiarity information: SEX UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give erotic character to or make more interesting
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
eroticize; sex up
Context example:
eroticize the ads
Hypernyms (to "sex up" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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