get up an appetite



get up an appetite

Fig. to do something to make one very hungry. (Usually in this order.) He can't seem to get up an appetite these days. Whenever I jog, I really get up an appetite.
See also: appetite, get, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SaulĖ-Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
DominickDAHM-ə-nikEnglish
DariaDAHR-yah (Italian, Polish, Romanian), DAHR-ee-ə (English), DER-ee-ə (English), DAR-ee-ə (English)Italian, Polish, Romanian, English, Croatian, Late Greek (Latinized)
Amaranta-Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
JasperJAS-pər (English), YAHS-pər (Dutch)English, Dutch, Judeo-Christian Legend
AndersonAN-dər-sənEnglish