smarten up

Verb

Meaning

dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion

make neat, smart, or trim

Source: WordNet

spruce spruce up titivate spiff up tittivate slick up grace dress comb deck clean enhance arrange trim groom

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lower reduce damage contract drop decrease

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groom beautify embellish neaten prettify fancify

He spruced up for the party Source: Internet

Spruce up your house for Spring Source: Internet

titivate the child Source: Internet

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