"ham up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hams up [present, singular, third-person], hamming up [participle, present], hammed up [participle, past], hammed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} ham up (third-person singular simple present hams up, present participle hamming up, simple past and past participle hammed up)
  1. (transitive) To make something more clichéd, or more cheesy. Tags: transitive Translations (To make something more clichéd, or more cheesy): переи́грывать (pereígryvatʹ) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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