sprucesomeone/somethingup
phrasal verbwithspruceverbuk/spruːs/us/spruːs/
informalto make someone or somethingcleanerandtidieror toimprovehis, her, oritsappearancegenerally:
IthoughtI'd have ashaveandgenerallysprucemyselfup for theinterview.
They'veemployedanadvertisingagencytospruceup thecompanyimage.
Synonym
smarten(someone/something)upmainlyUK
Cleaning & tidying places & things
- adjust
- airing
- bed
- clean(someone/something)up
- cleansomethingout
- dusting
- freshen
- freshen(someone/something)up
- going-over
- Hoover
- hooversomethingup
- muck
- re-rack
- sandblast
- smarten(someone/something)up
- spiffsomeone/somethingup
- spit and polishidiom
- spruce
- tidy
- valet
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