ham up

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ham up

verb hams up · hamming up · hammed up · ham it up

transitive To make something more clichéd, or more cheesy.

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verb To make something more clichéd, or more cheesy

Русский	переи́грывать pereígryvatʹ

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@misc{ham_up_2026,
  title = {ham up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ham%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}