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词汇 punch-up
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punch something up


phrasal verb with punchverb[ T ]uk /pʌntʃ/ us /pʌntʃ/
US
to make something more interesting by adding something:
He needs some writers to punch up his speeches.
I like to punch my fruit salad up a little, adding pomegranate seeds and lemon juice.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making things better
add salt to somethingidiom
allay
alleviate
alleviation
ameliorate
cultivate
levelling up
liven (something) up
lubricate
make a differenceidiom
make a world of differenceidiom
remedial
restructure
revamp
revitalize
revivify
revolutionize
salve
sharpen
tonic

punch up


phrasal verb with punchverb[ T ]uk /pʌntʃ/ us /pʌntʃ/
to attack or criticize someone who is in a better or more powerful position than you:
Comedians should punch up, not kick down.
He punched up at a system designed to hold powerless citizens down.
Opposite
punch down
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Disapproving & criticizing
anathematize
animadversion
aspersion
aw
backbite
barrel
bash
belabour
boo
disapprobation
excoriate
knock
knocker
let someone have both barrelsidiom
low blow
mordacious
mordancy
pile
slam
union-basher
punch-up
noun[ C ]
mainly UKinformaluk /ˈpʌntʃ.ʌp/ us /ˈpʌntʃ.ʌp/
a fight: 打架,争吵
There was a punch-up in the bar.酒吧里有人在争吵。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fighting
armed combat
arms
array
bellicosity
blood diamond
bloodlessly
conflict
dogfight
engage
firefight
pick on someone your own sizeidiom
refight
remobilization
remobilize
scuffle
see action
send
tilt at windmillsidiom
toe
tussle
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