soup up
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soup up
verb soups up · souping up · souped up · soup-up · supe up
- To modify the engine of (a motor vehicle) to give a higher performance than the specifications. Imagine souping up a Mini with a Cosworth engine: the car would fly.
- To embellish with many additions. They are dickering over a tax cut small enough, in a bill "souped" up with gadgets, to escape or override a veto.
Similar: tune up
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Similar: tune up
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Talk about this word "soup up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/soup%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. soup up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/soup%20up "soup up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/soup%20up.
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@misc{soup_up_2026,
title = {soup up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soup%20up},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
