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spruce up

/spruːs ʌp/

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verb

/spruːs ʌp/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по приведению чего-либо или кого-либо в более чистый, опрятный или привлекательный вид.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making something or someone look cleaner, neater, or more attractive.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

  1. Make neat or attractiveinformal

    To make something look cleaner, tidier, or more attractive.

    ruПривести в порядок

    • We need to spruce up the living room before the guests arrive.
    • She spruced up her outfit with a new scarf.
    • He spruced up the garden by planting some flowers.

    Synonymsbeautifyclean upembellishfix upgroompreenprimprenovatesmarten uptidy up

    Antonymsdefacedirtydishevelfoulmarmessrumplespoil

Forms
  • spruced up past participle
  • spruced up past simple
  • sprucing up present participle
  • spruces up third person singular

Base verbspruce

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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