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Verb: vamp up
  1. Make up
    "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting";
    - vamp
     
  2. Piece (something old) with a new part
    "vamp up an old speech";
    - vamp

Derived forms: vamps up, vamping up

Type of: cook up [informal], fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, patch, piece