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hop something up

Sl. to make a machine, especially a car, run extra fast or give it extra power. He will take that junk heap home and hop it up. He spent nearly every evening hopping up his old car.

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hop up (to someone or something)

[for an animal] to come close to someone or something by hopping. The bunny hopped up to me and just sat there. It hopped up and stared.

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hop up

v. Slang

To stimulate someone with or as if with a drug. Used chiefly in the passive: The drug addicts were hopped up on cocaine.

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