supe up
To make a car or machine faster and more powerful by changing parts or adding special features.
Meanings
To modify a vehicle, especially a car, by adding or replacing parts to increase its speed, power, or performance.
"He spent the whole summer suping up his old muscle car with a new engine and a turbocharger."
(Figurative) To enhance or improve any system, device, or process significantly beyond its original capacity.
"They suped up the old database software with new algorithms that made it three times faster."
This spelling ('supe up') is less common than 'soup up' but used by some speakers, possibly as a back-formation from 'supercharged.' Used in car culture and, by extension, informally for anything modified to perform better. More common in American English.
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