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Slick up   /slɪk əp/   Listen
Slick up

verb
1.
Make neat, smart, or trim.  Synonyms: smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, titivate, tittivate.  "Titivate the child"
2.
Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion.  Synonyms: smarten up, spruce, spruce up.






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"Slick up" Quotes from Famous Books



... my idea, Bucky. My vote is that we put it in the crack there and slick up around here so nobody can know what's been afoot. But I want a rest, and there are some things I want to say to Mr. Trenholm here that will be of use to us. Clap on, lads, ...
— The Devil's Admiral • Frederick Ferdinand Moore

... ranch—and the ceremonial purification and personal decking that preceded it, had become for the Cross Canon outfit a public ceremony all studiously observed. None were ever too tired, none too grumpy, to wash, shave, and "slick up" of letter nights, scrupulously as Moslems bathe their feet before approaching the shrine of Mahomet and still as Moslems before their shrine all sat about the bunk-room while Circuit wrote his letter and copied Netty's last. Indeed, more than one well-started ...
— The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier • Edgar Beecher Bronson



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