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smarten up, v.

dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
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slick up smarten up spruce spruce up

sample sentences

"He spruced up for the party"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

make neat, smart, or trim
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slick up smarten up spiff up spruce spruce up titivate tittivate

sample sentences

"Spruce up your house for Spring"
"titivate the child"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

beautify, fancify, embellish, prettify