spruce up

Verb

Meaning

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

make neat, smart, or trim

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

spiff up spruce titivate tart up smarten up tittivate slick up dress improve deck restore clean arrange trim groom

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Antonyms

lower allow reduce damage decline drop

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Hypernyms

groom beautify embellish neaten prettify fancify

Examples

He spruced up for the party Source: Internet

Spruce up your house for Spring Source: Internet

titivate the child Source: Internet

And if you want to get out in the garden, the retailer is selling plant bundles to help your spruce up your flowerbeds. Source: Internet

EA Games assures that you can earn everything you need simply by playing the game, including Ewok bobbleheads to spruce up your cockpit. Source: Internet

Annie just needs the summer to spruce up and sell her family's farm so she and her young son can start a new life in the big city. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

spruce tip spruce tree spruce twigs spruced up sprucefir fleabane spruceless