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(US) Generate, devise or create.
To set up a snare.
To exaggerate.
Stir up, stimulate, enliven, etc.
(Archaic) To drink or become drunk, especially on gin.
From gin (short for engine or generate) + up.
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From gin (the drink) + up.
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