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make neat, smart, or trim
Spruce up your house for Spring
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dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
He spruced up for the party
How To Use spruce up In A Sentence
- Paul went upstairs to spruce up before dinner.
- They've employed an advertising agency to spruce up the company image.
- Once the flight crew announces descension, spruce up with a swipe of complexion-lifting lipstick, eye-defining shadow and bronzing highlighter.
- And nowadays, the marketplace wants dubs and shiny bling bling to spruce up otherwise unbearably ordinary rides.
- They've employed an advertising agency to spruce up the company image.
- Spread the custard over the fruit and then garnish with nuts and mint to spruce up the drabness if you like. July fourth official vegan post « paper fruit
- Some spruce up scruffy gardens while owners are out. The Sun
- Smaller, decorative home items also performed well as consumers continued to spruce up their homes instead of moving. Times, Sunday Times
- AT last the weather is warming up so this weekend I plan to spruce up my garden with outdoors bargains. The Sun
- In this season of spring cleaning, do not forget to spruce up your investment records. Times, Sunday Times
