"magic up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: magics up [present, singular, third-person], magicking up [participle, present], magicked up [participle, past], magicked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|magic<,magicking,magicked> up}} magic up (third-person singular simple present magics up, present participle magicking up, simple past and past participle magicked up)
  1. (colloquial, transitive) To create something or cause something to come forth, by magic or by some other unexplained means. Tags: colloquial, transitive Related terms: conjure

Inflected forms

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