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spruce up
spruce up vb (adverb) to make (oneself, a person, or thing) smart and neat Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | spruce up - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, titivate, tittivatebeautify, fancify, prettify, embellish - make more beautiful | | 2. | spruce up - dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"slick up, smarten up, spruceneaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed" |
Translationsspruce2 (spruːs) noun a tree with leaves like needles that grows in northern regions. 雲杉 云杉spruce up to make oneself or somebody else smarter. I'll go and spruce up before going out. 打扮得漂亮 打扮整齐spruce up
spruce upTo make someone, something, or oneself more tidy, refined, elegant, or stylish. A noun or pronoun can be used between "spruce" and "up." I think it's time to spruce the house up a bit—it feels a little outdated and disheveled. You don't look so good! You'd better go spruce yourself up in the bathroom before you go up to give your speech. He's spent the whole summer sprucing up his grandfather's old Camaro.See also: spruce, upspruce someone or something up 1. Lit. to tidy up and groom someone or something. Laura's mother took a few minutes to spruce her daughter up for the party. She spruced up her room each day. 2. Fig. to refurbish or renew someone or something. Do you think we should spruce this room up a little? Yes, let's spruce up this room with new furniture and drapes.See also: spruce, upspruce upMake neat and trim, as in She spruced up the chairs with new cushions. This idiom originated in the late 1500s as simply spruce but had acquired up by 1676. See also: spruce, upspruce upv. To make someone or something neat, elegant, and stylish in appearance: The new curtains will certainly spruce up this drab room. She spruced herself up and went out to dinner.See also: spruce, upEncyclopediaSeesprucespruce up
Synonyms for spruce upverb make neat, smart, or trimSynonyms- slick up
- smarten up
- spiff up
- spruce
- titivate
- tittivate
Related Words- beautify
- fancify
- prettify
- embellish
verb dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasionSynonymsRelated Words |