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fake up

C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words

To make something fake and pretend it is real.

Literal meaning: To build upward something that is false.

Meanings

1 C1 idiomatic informal

To create a false or forged document, story, or piece of evidence.

"He faked up a medical certificate to explain his absence from work."

Grammar: separable
2 C1 idiomatic informal

To assemble or put together something in a hasty or improvised way, often with the intention to deceive.

"The props team faked up a convincing-looking ancient scroll for the film set."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Relatively rare and considered old-fashioned or British in flavour. Found more in older literature than in modern speech. Used when someone produces a counterfeit document, story, or appearance.

Commonly used with

document alibi story report evidence excuse

Forms

Base
fake up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
fakes up
he/she/it
Past simple
faked up
yesterday
Past participle
faked up
have + pp
-ing form
faking up
continuous

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Synonyms

fabricate forge concoct invent falsify manufacture

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