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spruce up

verb

Definitions

  1. To dress or arrange smartly, elegantly, and neatly

    To dress or arrange smartly, elegantly, and neatly; to smarten.

  2. To refresh, revamp

    To refresh, revamp; to freshen or improve something, especially its appearance.

    • Fresh paint and some new curtains would do a lot to spruce up this dark room.
    • Hu Yaobang was officially rehabilitated on the ninetieth anniversary of his birth in 2005 and his mausoleum in China Youth League City (Gongqingcheng) in Jiangxi province was spruced up.

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No curated loop yet for spruce up. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA