"pep up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: peps up [present, singular, third-person], pepping up [participle, present], pepped up [participle, past], pepped up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pep up (third-person singular simple present peps up, present participle pepping up, simple past and past participle pepped up)
  1. (informal) To make stronger or more interesting. Tags: informal

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "We're looking for ideas to pep up the new ad campaign.",
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        }
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        "To make stronger or more interesting."
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        "(informal) To make stronger or more interesting."
      ],
      "tags": [
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    {
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    {
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        "(informal) To make stronger or more interesting."
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