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Idioms and Phrases

Make an extravagant, affected, or vulgar display, as in Amateur actors often camp it up, trying to be more dramatic . Originating in the 1950s as slang for flamboyant behavior stereotypically associated with gay men, this term began to be used more loosely by about 1970. Also see ham it up .
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Example Sentences

Cumming, who actually appeared in 1995 Bond film GoldenEye, says the producers of the reality show wanted him to "camp it up" and host it as an over-the-top character.

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While technically this is a film, the director Joe Mantello reunited the cast of his Tony Award-winning revival of Mart Crowley’s now-classic play, so the world can check out Zachary Quinto, Jim Parsons et al. camp it up like 2018 is 1968 all over again.

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They acquired footage from National Geographic but were mindful not to camp it up.

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“I used to camp it up something terrible when we played the song,†he says.

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Bruno advised her to “camp it up even more†but thought it was “a step in the right direction.â€

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