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Spruce up   /sprus əp/   Listen
Spruce up

verb
1.
Make neat, smart, or trim.  Synonyms: slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, titivate, tittivate.  "Titivate the child"
2.
Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion.  Synonyms: slick up, smarten up, spruce.






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"Spruce up" Quotes from Famous Books



... jes' laughed when he see me an' say: 'All right, Nelse, I been looken' fo' you some time. Now if yo' done got yo' fill o' seen' the world, 'spose yo' go down an' look at the new colt I got, an' take yo' ole place in the stable. Yo' jes' got back in time to spruce up the carriage ...
— The Bondwoman • Marah Ellis Ryan



Words linked to "Spruce up" :   tittivate, smarten up, fancify, neaten, embellish, prettify, groom, beautify



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