larding up

Verb

lard up (third-person singular simple present lards up, present participle larding up, simple past and past participle larded up)

1. (literally, transitive) To prepare a food for cooking by stuffing it with fat.
   • Lard up the meat before cooking it.
2. (intransitive) To become fatter.
   • She's been larding up since Christmas.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To add enticements to (something) to gain support for it.
   • The policy has been larded up to appeal to the leaders.