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vamped up

vamped up is the simple past and past participle of vamp up.

Meaning of vamp up

Verb

vamp up (third-person singular simple present vamps up, present participle vamping up, simple past and past participle vamped up)

  1. To repair; mend.
    Synonyms:
    revamp, vamp
  2. To remake.
    Synonyms:
    revamp
  3. To make up; invent.
    • "Second one vamped up for the occasion. If you are clever and know your business you can fake a bone as easily as you can a photograph."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about vamped up

What is vamped up the simple past and past participle of?
Vamped up is the simple past and past participle of vamp up.

Words near vamped up in the dictionary

  1. vamp up
  2. vampdar
  3. vampdars
  4. vampdom
  5. vamped
  6. vamped up
  7. vamper
  8. vampered
  9. vampering
  10. vampers
  11. vampette

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