charge up
verb1
To recharge, to give electrical power to something.
- You should charge up your phone before the camping trip, as there won't be any power supplies.
2
Idiomatic To motivate, to instill someone with determination.
- The coach had to charge up his players with a powerful speech before the final.
3
Slang To deliberately infect (a person) with HIV as part of bug-chasing.
- The subcultural vernacular “I'll charge you up" evokes the act of charging a battery or readying a mechanism for action; […]2009, Tim Dean, Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking:
- Related terms
- charge down