fatten up

To cause to gain weight or become fatter by feeding. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fatten" and "up." A: "Wow, your mom made quite a feast!" B: "I know, she seems determined to fatten us up." We need to fatten up these scrawny little kittens.

fatten (someone or an animal) up (with something)

to use something to make someone or an animal fat. We will fatten the calf up with corn. I don't know why they keep fattening up their children with so much food.

fatten up

(on something)

1. Lit. to get fat by eating something, The cattle fattened up on the succulent grass. The bears have to fatten up on food before they hibernate for the winter.

2. Fig. to become prosperous because of something. The corporations fattened up on easy profits and low taxes. The directors of the company fattened up even during the recession when the workers were laid off.

See also: fatten, up

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

angle
angling
not do (someone or oneself) any favors
adapt (something) to (something)
adapt to
buy (yourself) time
buy time
involve with
involve with (someone or something)
involved with

References in periodicals archive

Ladies my advice is save your cash and fatten up by indulging yourself with copious amounts of chocolate.

Lindsay Fergus Column: NO BUTTS, JUST GIVE ME A LOPEZ

The FDA-approved hormones used to fatten up livestock (without having to feed them additional food) include recombinant bovine growth hormone, estrogen, testosterone and progesterone.

The bionic pancreas

The guidelines urged women to fatten up babies if they appear underweight.

Fatten up tots advice was wrong; HEALTH

Their willingness to fatten up showed how different they were, how committed, in a world where everybody else wanted to slim down.

Fat suit chic: Moribund Hollywood visits morbidly obese America

Put simply, treats in school cause students to fatten up. BTW, BMI stands for body mass index, and it's the most accurate way to calculate your health (or lack thereof) based on your height and weight.

The don't-you-dare-diet diet: forget starving until you can't think straight and working out 'til you drop. GL has the right answers to getting fit for good

This ban on the last four growth products used to fatten up livestock is the final step in the Commission's complete phase-out of non-veterinary antibiotics in feed.

EU BANS LAST GROWTH ANTIBIOTICS IN ANIMAL FEED

To see where penguins go to fatten up, Wienecke's group fastened satellite trackers and dive recorders onto birds at two colonies along the Mawson Coast.

Cool birds: How can emperor penguins live like that?

词组	fatten up
释义	fatten up fatten up To cause to gain weight or become fatter by feeding. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fatten" and "up." A: "Wow, your mom made quite a feast!" B: "I know, she seems determined to fatten us up." We need to fatten up these scrawny little kittens. See also: fatten, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. fatten (someone or an animal) up (with something) to use something to make someone or an animal fat. We will fatten the calf up with corn. I don't know why they keep fattening up their children with so much food. See also: fatten, up fatten up (on something) 1. Lit. to get fat by eating something, The cattle fattened up on the succulent grass. The bears have to fatten up on food before they hibernate for the winter. 2. Fig. to become prosperous because of something. The corporations fattened up on easy profits and low taxes. The directors of the company fattened up even during the recession when the workers were laid off. See also: fatten, up McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: angle angling not do (someone or oneself) any favors adapt (something) to (something) adapt to buy (yourself) time buy time involve with involve with (someone or something) involved with References in periodicals archive Ladies my advice is save your cash and fatten up by indulging yourself with copious amounts of chocolate. Lindsay Fergus Column: NO BUTTS, JUST GIVE ME A LOPEZ The FDA-approved hormones used to fatten up livestock (without having to feed them additional food) include recombinant bovine growth hormone, estrogen, testosterone and progesterone. The bionic pancreas The guidelines urged women to fatten up babies if they appear underweight. Fatten up tots advice was wrong; HEALTH Their willingness to fatten up showed how different they were, how committed, in a world where everybody else wanted to slim down. Fat suit chic: Moribund Hollywood visits morbidly obese America Put simply, treats in school cause students to fatten up. BTW, BMI stands for body mass index, and it's the most accurate way to calculate your health (or lack thereof) based on your height and weight. The don't-you-dare-diet diet: forget starving until you can't think straight and working out 'til you drop. GL has the right answers to getting fit for good This ban on the last four growth products used to fatten up livestock is the final step in the Commission's complete phase-out of non-veterinary antibiotics in feed. EU BANS LAST GROWTH ANTIBIOTICS IN ANIMAL FEED To see where penguins go to fatten up, Wienecke's group fastened satellite trackers and dive recorders onto birds at two colonies along the Mawson Coast. Cool birds: How can emperor penguins live like that?
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