spruce up

spruce up

vb

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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	spruce up - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, titivate, tittivate beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish - make more beautiful
	2.	spruce up - dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party" slick up, smarten up, spruce neaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"

Translations

? spruce up

vt sep child → herausputzen; house, garden → auf Vordermann bringen (inf); image → aufpolieren; to spruce oneself up (in general) → sein Äußeres pflegen; (= get dressed up) → sich in Schale werfen; (woman) → sich schönmachen; he looks much better now that he has spruced himself up → so gepflegt sieht er wesentlich besser aus; all spruced up (children, men) → geschniegelt und gestriegelt; (women) → schön zurechtgemacht; (house) → auf Hochglanz