freshen up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de se rendre plus propre, soigné ou rafraîchi, souvent en se lavant ou en changeant de vêtements.

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

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Make oneself clean or tidyinformal

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

   Se rafraîchir

   • 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.

   Synonymesclean upgroomspruce uptidy upwash up

2. Renew or revitalizeinformal

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

   Rafraîchir, redonner un coup de neuf

   • 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.

   Synonymesrefreshrejuvenaterenewrenovaterevamprevitalizesmarten upspruce up

   Antonymesdegradedirtysoilspoiltarnishwear

Verbe de basefreshen