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},
{
"form": "tarting up",
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},
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"pos": "verb",
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"To dress so as to be more sexually attractive, especially with make-up and revealing clothing."
],
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"(informal, transitive, intransitive) To dress so as to be more sexually attractive, especially with make-up and revealing clothing."
],
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"word": "hussy up"
},
{
"word": "hussy it up"
},
{
"word": "slut up"
},
{
"word": "slut it up"
}
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"To dress garishly."
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"(informal, intransitive) To dress garishly."
],
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"word": "jazz up"
}
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]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They tarted up their business plan.",
"type": "example"
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"To modify or repackage a product, service, or idea to make it more attractive or easier to sell."
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"(informal, transitive) To modify or repackage a product, service, or idea to make it more attractive or easier to sell."
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"word": "zhoosh"
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"word": "zhoosh up"
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"To dress so as to be more sexually attractive, especially with make-up and revealing clothing."
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"(informal, transitive, intransitive) To dress so as to be more sexually attractive, especially with make-up and revealing clothing."
],
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"word": "hussy up"
},
{
"word": "hussy it up"
},
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"word": "slut up"
},
{
"word": "slut it up"
}
],
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"To dress garishly."
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"(informal, intransitive) To dress garishly."
],
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"word": "jazz up"
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"To modify or repackage a product, service, or idea to make it more attractive or easier to sell."
],
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"(informal, transitive) To modify or repackage a product, service, or idea to make it more attractive or easier to sell."
],
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"word": "zhoosh"
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{
"word": "zhoosh up"
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"tags": [
"informal",
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}
],
"word": "tart up"
}
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