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sexes up

sexes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sex up.

Meaning of sex up

Verb

sex up (third-person singular simple present sexes up, present participle sexing up, simple past and past participle sexed up)

  1. (slang, transitive) To take part in sexual acts with.
    • I wanna sex you up!
  2. (slang, transitive) To arouse somebody sexually.
    • Get spanked: it'll sex you up!
  3. (slang, transitive) To make more sexually attractive.
    • Enrique Iglesias sexed up his music video to appeal to a younger audience.
  4. (slang, transitive) To enhance in terms of fashionable appeal.
    • How do I sex up my phone?
  5. (slang, transitive) To sensationalize.
    • BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan today said David Kelly was in no doubt the government had “sexed up” the Iraq intelligence dossier at the heart of the Hutton inquiry.2003 August 12, Julia Day, “Kelly ‘said government sexed up Iraq dossier’”, in The Guardian

Questions about sexes up

What is sexes up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sexes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sex up.

Words near sexes up in the dictionary

  1. sexercises
  2. sexercising
  3. sexers
  4. sexes
  5. sexes in
  6. sexes up
  7. Sexet
  8. Sexey
  9. sexfarious
  10. sexfest
  11. sexfests

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