pork up

verb — 3 senses

pork up

verb
1

Slang, Of a person To grow fat.

2

To increase the weight of (one or more pigs).

3

Government, Politics US, Idiomatic To add spending, especially targeted spending, to legislation in order to get votes for it (see pork-barrel).

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