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fun up

B2 informal separable transitive
In simple words

To make something more fun.

Literal meaning: To raise (up) the level of fun in something.

Meanings

1 B2 informal

To make an activity, event, or situation more enjoyable and entertaining.

"Let's fun up the office party this year — last year's was far too boring."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

A relatively informal and colloquial coinage where the noun 'fun' is used as a verb (a process called 'verbing a noun'). Not universally accepted by all speakers and may sound overly casual or childlike to some. Common in marketing language and casual speech. More prevalent in American English.

Commonly used with

party meeting lesson event the whole thing experience

Forms

Base
fun up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
funs up
he/she/it
Past simple
funed up
yesterday
Past participle
funed up
have + pp
-ing form
funing up
continuous

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