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1. To Dumb Up. Basically, you take something which is not clever and make it look really clever by adding extra (unnecessary) content. > My essay was a bit rubbish but if I dumb it up by quoting Chomsky my teacher might give me an A. > My teacher warned me not to dumb up my essay Source: ecdict

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