smarten

Verb

Meaning

To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up.

Source: Webster's dictionary

polish dress spruce improve correct deck paint clean adjust pretty trim groom decorate ornament enrich

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lower reduce damage contract drop decrease

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sarment

Beverley’s outspoken mayor is telling scruffy shops to smarten up, or be named and shamed. Source: Internet

Insiders said the move was the PMO’s warning to Ms. Mihychuk to smarten up. Source: Internet