vamp up en · VERB
Meanings
- To repair; mend.
- To remake.
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To make up; invent.
"Second one vamped up for the occasion. If you are clever and know your business you can fake a bone as easily as you can a photograph."
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vamped up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| vamped up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| vamps up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| vamping up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |