if you liven up, or if something livens you up, you have more energy or enthusiasm than before
to give something a more interesting appearance, taste, or other quality
to make something more interesting or exciting, or to become more interesting or exciting
Perhaps a walk by the sea would liven them up.
What we needed was some music to liven things up.
You can liven up a plain shirt with a colourful scarf.
livens up
livening up
livened up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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