as in to stimulate
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
some parlor games that will juice up an otherwise dull evening at home
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Recent Examples of juice up
During the Nixon administration, Zandi noted, then Fed Chair Arthur Burns agreed to President Richard Nixon’s request not to raise interest rates in the lead-up to the 1972 presidential election to help juice up the economy.
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
The slim and compact Otterbox MagSafe Wireless Charging Bank can attach directly to your iPhone or MagSafe-compatible iPhone case to juice up your device without the hassle of any cords.
—Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
If Berry had gone with Hunter’s upside or with the thought that Carter would have juiced up the edge rush group, the Browns still would have been looking to the future, and no real answers would have been provided a few picks into the draft.
—Zac Jackson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Dennis Allen’s push to juice up the pass rush will include a focus on adding players both on the edge and inside.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
The slim and compact Otterbox MagSafe Wireless Charging Bank can attach directly to your iPhone or MagSafe-compatible iPhone case to juice up your device without the hassle of any cords.
—Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
If Berry had gone with Hunter’s upside or with the thought that Carter would have juiced up the edge rush group, the Browns still would have been looking to the future, and no real answers would have been provided a few picks into the draft.
—Zac Jackson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Dennis Allen’s push to juice up the pass rush will include a focus on adding players both on the edge and inside.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for juice up
stimulate
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The electrode stimulates the nerve, opening the airway by moving the tongue forward.1 Hypoglossal nerve stimulation surgery can effectively resolve snoring for some.—
Sukaina Hasnie,
Verywell Health,
4 June 2025
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Just like weight-bearing exercises, the vibrations stimulate osteocytes, which send signals to the two other types of bone cells–osteoblasts and osteoclasts–to create new bone matter and recycle the old.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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