spruce up
[verb]
Synonyms: smarten up, tidy, titivate

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spruce up phrasal verb (see also spruce)
informal to make yourself or something look neater and tidier:
Paul went upstairs to spruce up before dinner.
spruce somebody/something ↔ up
The cottage had been spruced up a bit since her last visit.

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spruce up
spruce up (someone/something)
to improve the appearance of someone or something.
She needed to spruce up her image so she bought tons of new clothes and got a great new hairstyle.

The city has to spruce itself up for the Olympics next year.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

spruce up something
spruce up (someone/something)
to improve the appearance of someone or something.
She needed to spruce up her image so she bought tons of new clothes and got a great new hairstyle.

The city has to spruce itself up for the Olympics next year.

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spruce something up
to clean/redecorate something
We spruced up the community center for the summer holidays.

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spruce up
to clean/redecorate something
We spruced up the community center for the summer holidays.

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spruce up
v., informal To make clean or neat.
Mary spruced up the house before her company came.
John spruced himself up before he went out on his date.

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spruce up someone
spruce up (someone/something)
to improve the appearance of someone or something.
She needed to spruce up her image so she bought tons of new clothes and got a great new hairstyle.

The city has to spruce itself up for the Olympics next year.

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