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English verb: polish up

1. polish up (change) bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state


SamplesPolish your social manners.


Synonymsbrush up, polish, round, round off


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Something ----s something


Broader (hypernym)hone, perfect









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