spruce up
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spruce up
vb
(adverb) to make (oneself, a person, or thing) smart and neat
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| Verb | 1. | spruce up - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" |
| 2. | spruce up - dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party" |
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يَتَأنَّق
vystrojit
fikse op
kicsinosítja magát
laga til
giyinip kuşanmak
w>spruce up
vt sep child → herausputzen; house, garden → auf Vordermann bringen (inf); image → aufpolieren; to spruce oneself up (in general) → sein Äußeres pflegen; (= get dressed up) → sich in Schale werfen; (woman) → sich schönmachen; he looks much better now that he has spruced himself up → so gepflegt sieht er wesentlich besser aus; all spruced up (children, men) → geschniegelt und gestriegelt; (women) → schön zurechtgemacht; (house) → auf Hochglanz
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spruce2
(spruːs) noun a tree with leaves like needles that grows in northern regions.
spruce up to make oneself or somebody else smarter. I'll go and spruce up before going out.
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