spruce up

• Verbe à particule signifiant rendre quelque chose ou quelqu'un plus propre, plus soigné ou plus attrayant, souvent en faisant de petits ajustements ou en rafraîchissant l'apparence.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Make neat or attractiveinformal

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

   Embellir, rendre plus soigné

   • 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.

   Synonymesbeautifyclean upembellishfix upgroompreenprimprenovatesmarten uptidy up

   Antonymesdefacedirtydishevelfoulmarmessrumplespoil

Verbe de basespruce