prim up

• Verbe à particule désuet signifiant se faire une apparence soignée, nette ou guindée, souvent avec une connotation d'affectation ou de pruderie.

An obsolete phrasal verb meaning to make oneself look neat, tidy, or formal in appearance, often with a sense of affected primness.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Make neat or tidyinformalbritish

   To make oneself or something look very neat, formal, or proper, often in an exaggerated way.

   Se faire beau / se pomponner

   • She primmed herself up before the formal dinner.
   • He primmed up his tie and adjusted his collar.
   • They primmed up the room for the important guests.

   Synonymesgroompreenprimpprinkspruce uptidy up

   Antonymesdisheveldisordermessrumpleuntidy

Verbe de baseprim