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fatten up

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Verb1.fatten up - make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
fat, fatten, fatten out, flesh out, plump out, plump, fill out
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
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