freshen up

• Sich erfrischen, sauber machen oder in einen gepflegteren Zustand bringen, oft durch Waschen oder Umziehen.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making oneself cleaner, neater, or more refreshed, often by washing or changing clothes.

unzählbar · intransitiv · Phrasal, ohne Objekt

1. Make oneself clean or tidyinformal

   To wash, change clothes, or make oneself feel cleaner and more refreshed.

   Sich frisch machen

   • I need to freshen up before the guests arrive.
   • She went to the bathroom to freshen up after the long flight.
   • He freshened up quickly and joined the meeting.

   Synonymeclean upgroomspruce uptidy upwash up

2. Renew or revitalizeinformal

   To make something look newer, cleaner, or more pleasant.

   Auffrischen

   • A coat of paint will freshen up the old kitchen.
   • We need to freshen up the living room with new curtains.
   • The rain freshened up the garden after the dry spell.

   Synonymerefreshrejuvenaterenewrenovaterevamprevitalizesmarten upspruce up

   Antonymedegradedirtysoilspoiltarnishwear

Grundverbfreshen