rark up
v. phr.— «Didn’t you think, right at the beginning, when Bush was still working hard rarking up potential allies, “this doesn’t add up, this has the smell of hypocrisy and self-interest”?» —“Re: Who still believes we should have sent infantry to Iraq” by Myftrefs Voleftrangler Sr. Usenet: nz.general Dec. 17, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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