rark up
v. phr.— «The managing director of Koala Auto Services, Steve Taylor, said yesterday that he did not mind whether the Telecom aerial went on his roof. “Customers have been very supportive of our position, but we don’t want a split in the community. This is a great little town but this has really rarked it up.”» —“Site Hunt Cheers School—Telecom New Zealand” by Melissa Moxon New Zealand Herald Aug. 13, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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