lush it up
C1 slang inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To live in a really fancy, extravagant way and enjoy lots of good things, or to drink a lot.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
slang
To live or behave in an extravagant, luxurious, and indulgent way.
"Now that she's got the promotion, she's really lushing it up with five-star hotels and fine dining."
Grammar: inseparable
2 C1
idiomatic
slang
To drink heavily or excessively and enjoy doing so.
"They were lushing it up at the open bar all evening."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Informal and relatively rare. The phrase 'it up' is a common intensifying structure in English (e.g., 'live it up,' 'rough it up'). 'Lush it up' can describe luxurious living or, in older slang, excessive drinking (a 'lush' being a heavy drinker). Context determines the sense.
Commonly used with
hotel weekend party celebrity lifestyle
Forms
Base
lush it up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
lushes it up
he/she/it
Past simple
lushed it up
yesterday
Past participle
lushed it up
have + pp
-ing form
lushing it up
continuous
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