sauce up
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Sense 1
Meaning · English
To add sauce to; to serve sauce onto.
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Sense 2
Register: slang
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Sense 3
Meaning · English
To make something more saucy (sexually provocative); to sex up.
Register: informal
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “sauce up” mean?
To add sauce to; to serve sauce onto.
Is “sauce up” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.