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charge up en · VERB
Pronunciation
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(transitive) To recharge, to give electrical power to something.
You should charge up your phone before the camping trip, as there won't be any power supplies.
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(idiomatic) To motivate, to instill someone with determination.
The coach had to charge up his players with a powerful speech before the final.
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(slang, transitive) To deliberately infect (a person) with HIV as part of bug-chasing.
The subcultural vernacular “I'll charge you up" evokes the act of charging a battery or readying a mechanism for action; […]
2009, Tim Dean, Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking:
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charge down