"rizz up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-rizz up.wav [US] Forms: rizzes up [present, singular, third-person], rizzing up [participle, present], rizzed up [participle, past], rizzed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rizz up (third-person singular simple present rizzes up, present participle rizzing up, simple past and past participle rizzed up)
  1. (slang) To seduce a (usually female) love interest; to attract someone using rizz. Tags: slang Synonyms: rizz [uncommon]
    Sense id: en-rizz_up-en-verb-x2RO9Rzy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

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