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Verb: spruce up
  1. Make neat, smart, or trim
    "Spruce up your house for Spring"
    - spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
     
  2. Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
    "He spruced up for the party"
    - spruce, slick up, smarten up

Derived forms: spruced up, sprucing up, spruces up

Type of: beautify, embellish, fancify, groom, neaten, prettify

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