See spark up on Wiktionary
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"To rekindle."
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"(transitive) To rekindle."
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"To make more exotic or fun."
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"(transitive) To make more exotic or fun."
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"To light up; light a cigarette or start smoking a pipe, bong, etc."
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"(intransitive) To light up; light a cigarette or start smoking a pipe, bong, etc."
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"To initiate (a conversation, debate etc.)."
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"(transitive) To initiate (a conversation, debate etc.)."
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"ref": "2021 April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, in RAIL, number 928, page 47:",
"text": "Again, to go back to the history of British Railways, there were moves to introduce electrification more widely when the West Coast Main Line was sparked up in the 1960s, but this was rejected by dyed-in-the-wool old regional railway managers who did not like the hassle of putting up the wires.",
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"To provide electrification."
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"(informal, of a railway) To provide electrification."
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"To rekindle."
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"(transitive) To rekindle."
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"To make more exotic or fun."
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"To light up; light a cigarette or start smoking a pipe, bong, etc."
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"(transitive) To initiate (a conversation, debate etc.)."
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"(informal, of a railway) To provide electrification."
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"sense": "make more exotic or fun",
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"sense": "light a cigarette",
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"word": "spark up"
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