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spruce-up

American  
[sproos-uhp] / ˈsprusˌʌp /

noun

  1. an act of cleaning up, refurbishing, renovating, or the like.

spruce up British  

verb

  1. (adverb) to make (oneself, a person, or thing) smart and neat

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spruce up Idioms  

  1. Make 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.

Etymology

Origin of spruce-up

Noun use of verb phrase spruce up

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