Nancy needs to take some vitamins to pep her up.
•The coffee break pepped up the tired workers.
•Better food might pep your cat up.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
pep someone up — pep (someone/something) up to make someone or something more active or exciting. With her energy and enthusiasm, she may be able to pep up the company s sales. She was always busy trying either to pep someone up or calm someone down … New idioms dictionary
pep someone/thing up — make someone or something more lively. → pep … English new terms dictionary
pep up — verb 1. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts (Freq. 1) The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers • Syn: ↑cheer, ↑root on, ↑inspire, ↑urge, ↑barrack, ↑urge on, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pep something up — pep (someone/something) up to make someone or something more active or exciting. With her energy and enthusiasm, she may be able to pep up the company s sales. She was always busy trying either to pep someone up or calm someone down … New idioms dictionary
pep up — pep (someone/something) up to make someone or something more active or exciting. With her energy and enthusiasm, she may be able to pep up the company s sales. She was always busy trying either to pep someone up or calm someone down … New idioms dictionary
pep — pep1 [ pep ] verb ,pep up phrasal verb transitive INFORMAL to make someone or something more active and lively: A short break would pep you up. We need to look at ways of pepping up the economy. pep pep 2 [ pep ] noun uncount INFORMAL lively… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pep up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pep up : present tense I/you/we/they pep up he/she/it peps up present participle pepping up past tense pepped up past participle pepped up informal to make someone or something more active and lively A short… … English dictionary
pep — informal verb (peps, pepping, pepped) (pep someone/thing up) make someone or something more lively. noun energy; liveliness. Origin early 20th cent.: abbrev. of pepper … English new terms dictionary
pep talk — When someone gives you a pep talk it is to build you up to help you accomplish something. In sports a coach might give a player a pep talk before the game to bolster his confidence. At work the boss might give you a pep talk to get you to do a… … The small dictionary of idiomes
pep talk — pep ,talk noun count INFORMAL a talk during which someone encourages you to do something better or to work harder: We got a pep talk from our coach … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pep talk — [ˈpep ˌtɔːk] noun [C] informal a talk during which someone encourages you to do something better or to work harder … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
