lard up

verb3

1. •
   To prepare a food for cooking by stuffing it with fat.

   • Lard up the meat before cooking it.
2. •
   (figurative) To add enticements to (something) to gain support for it.

   • The policy has been larded up to appeal to the leaders.
3. •
   To become fatter.

   • She's been larding up since Christmas.