词汇 | soup something up |
释义 | Idiom soup something up Theme: IMPROVEMENT to make something (especially a car) more powerful. (Slang.)I wish someone would soup my car up. It'll hardly run.Bill spent all summer souping up that old car he bought. Slang soup something up Theme: IMPROVEMENT tr. to increase the power of something.He souped his car up so it will do nearly 120.If only I could soup up this computer to run just a little faster. soup upTo modify something in order to increase its power or performance. A noun or pronoun can be used between "soup" and "up." He's spent a fortune souping up his car for drag racing. We've souped our computers up to run incredibly complex programs at lightning speeds. soup something up tv. to increase the power of something. (see also souped up.) If only I could soup up this computer to run just a little faster. |
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