Definition of salt up

salt up

verb - transitive

• to tell a different lie when covering up something.

  I lied to my boyfriend and said my friend and I were going to the movies. She tried to salt me up and say we were going to the library.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to lie.

  Last edited on Nov 14 1997. Submitted by D L. from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Nov 14 1997.

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Other terms relating to 'to lie':
yank (one's) chain	Definitions include: to deceive a person, usually in a playful manner.
hose	Definitions include: to lie to.
blow smoke	Definitions include: to make unfounded or exaggerated remarks or claims.
sh*t	Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below.
full of sh*t	Definitions include: lying or prone to lying.
bag	Definitions include: to lie to; deceive.
f*ck	Definitions include: to have sex (with).
head game	Definitions include: any deceptions or tricks designed to confuse or manipulate a person.
bullsh*t	Definitions include: to jokingly deceive.
beat around the bush	Definitions include: to delay in getting to the point.
fudge	Definitions include: a replacement word for fuck.
kosh	Definitions include: to be deliberately obscure or cryptic when telling a person something or answering a question.
lie like a rug	Definitions include: to lie frequently.
give a bum steer	Definitions include: to give bad advice.
run drag	Definitions include: to tell one's story: what they would have other people believe.
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Other terms relating to 'salt':
pour salt on (one's) game	Definitions include: To cock-block, to spoil someone's chance at accomplishment usually sexual.
salt	Definitions include: Used when you do something stupid.
take with a grain of salt	Definitions include: to be skeptical about.
worth (one's) salt	Definitions include: to be worth of one's salary.
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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