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sauce(2) (iou)



sauce verb trans. See also SASS verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
Season, dress, or prepare (food) with sauce or condiments. LME.
R. Milner Spanish rice, thickly sauced. transf.: B. Holyday He endeavour'd to sauce their dishes with his scurrility.
fig. Provide a pleasing accompaniment to; make pleasant or agreeable, reduce the severity of; add piquancy or excitement to. E16.
a. Charge extortionate prices to. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
b. Beat, flog. L16-E18.
c. Rebuke smartly. obsolete exc. dial. L16.
Speak impertinently to. colloq. M19.