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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: Probably from soup 'drug given to a horse to make it run faster' (1900-2000), from SOUP1

soup

2 verb
     
soup2

soup something ↔ up

phrasal verb
to improve something, especially a car, by making it more powerful
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