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spruce up definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" [syn: spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up]
2: dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party" [syn: spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something is spruced up, its appearance is improved. If someone is spruced up, they have made themselves look very smart. Many buildings have been spruced up... In the evening we spruced ourselves up a bit and went out for dinner. PHRASAL VERB: be V-ed P, V n P

Moby Thesaurus

adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, brighten up, brush up, clean up, clear the decks, clear up, color, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, fancy up, fig out, fix, fix up, freshen, furbish, furbish up, garnish, get up, grace, groom, gussy up, neaten, ornament, overdress, paint, police, police up, polish, polish up, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, put in trim, rag out, redecorate, redo, refurbish, renovate, repair, retouch, revive, rub up, set off, set out, shine, slick up, smarten, smarten up, spruce, straighten up, tidy, tidy up, titivate, tone up, touch up, trick out, trick up, trig up, trim, trim up, vamp, vamp up