spruce up — to make oneself or something look tidier, smarter, or more attractive
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to make oneself or something look tidier, smarter, or more attractive
Pronunciation (IPA): /spruːs ʌp/
Example Sentences
- The company spruced up its website before the product launch.
- My grandmother always tells me to spruce up when I visit her neighbors.
- He tried to spruce up his dating profile with pictures of himself with tigers.
spruce up
VERB[/spruːs ʌp/]
to make oneself or something look tidier, smarter, or more attractive
💡 Concept
She decided to spruce up her tiny apartment before the housewarming party.
🎵 Rhyme
Loose up, juice up, then spruce up!
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🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/spruːs ʌp/
🇬🇧 UK/spruːs ʌp/
🌳Etymology
Rootspruce
Suffix-up
🎵Rhyme
loose upjuice upnoose up
loose up
juice up
noose up
🔗Collocations
spruce up one's appearance
spruce up the house
spruce up for the party
spruce up the office
spruce up before going out
spruce up your resume
📝Examples
“The company spruced up its website before the product launch.”
“My grandmother always tells me to spruce up when I visit her neighbors.”
😄 Fun example
“He tried to spruce up his dating profile with pictures of himself with tigers.”
😄 Fun example
“The restaurant spruced up its menu with fancy French names nobody could pronounce.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
tidy upsmarten upfreshen uppolish upfix up
Antonyms
mess updishevelneglect
Related
renovateredecorategroomprimpbeautify
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