"light up a room" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lights up a room [present, singular, third-person], lighting up a room [participle, present], lit up a room [participle, past], lit up a room [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|light<,,lit> up a room|head=light up a room}} light up a room (third-person singular simple present lights up a room, present participle lighting up a room, simple past and past participle lit up a room)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To possess great energy and appeal; to cause a social gathering to become animated and cheerful. Tags: idiomatic, informal Related terms: light up like a Christmas tree
    Sense id: en-light_up_a_room-en-verb--aEDFohI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with collocations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        [
          "appeal",
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        "(informal, idiomatic) To possess great energy and appeal; to cause a social gathering to become animated and cheerful."
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