vamp up

verb — 3 senses

vamp up

verb

1

To repair; mend.

2

To remake.

3

To make up; invent.

"Second one vamped up for the occasion. If you are clever and know your business you can fake a bone as easily as you can a photograph."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

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