hash up

transitive verb

1

: to make a mess of : mutilate almost beyond recognition

hashed up the account of the accident

a concept that has hashed up remedial legislation

2

: to warm up : give fresh existence to : reanimate

hashing up ancient quarrels

—Times Literary Supplement

hash up novel interpretations of men and events based on little more than the findings of their predecessors

—Listener

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