sexing 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