English
Verb
infl|en|verb|head=to orange up
- transitive To make more orange.
#:She oranged up the bedroom
#:You could orange up the skin tones a bit in Photoshop.
#*2003, Bernard O'Donoghue, in 'Alzheimer Fruit,' from Outliving, p.4
#*: I dreamt I came upon you in the early hours / In your pyjamas, scoring a sheet of paper / Over and over with a highlighter pen. // 'This pen's gone dry,' you said. 'I'm trying my best / To make it orange up this paragraph.'
- transitive To make more prominent by making orange or adding orange colour.
#:He oranged up the paragraphs that mentioned vitamin supplements.
- intransitive To become more orange.
#:My pumpkins are starting to orange up.
Category:English phrasal verbs
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