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English verb: spruce up | |||
| 1. | spruce up (change) make neat, smart, or trim | ||
| Samples | Spruce up your house for Spring. Titivate the child. | ||
| Synonyms | slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, titivate, tittivate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify | ||
| 2. | spruce up (body) dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion | ||
| Samples | He spruced up for the party. | ||
| Synonyms | slick up, smarten up, spruce | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | groom, neaten | ||
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