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Spruce up   /sprus əp/   Listen
Spruce up

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






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"Spruce up" Quotes from Famous Books



... ain't got no barber shop here yet, an' I never was much good at shavin' myself, so I jest let ther beard grow. But what's ther odds? I'll shave up an' spruce up jest as soon as I've made my pile. Then I'll light out fur home, an' me an' my wife will live on ther fat of ther land. I've got nigh to a hundred thousand now, an' jest as soon as I git it I'm goin' ter strike out fur ther East. ...
— Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" - and, How Arietta Paid the Toll • An Old Scout

... out, Jim!" commanded Welborn. "This young man is irresistible. We had as well take a day off to do our part in this entanglement. Back the car out while I spruce up a little to meet the law as ...
— David Lannarck, Midget - An Adventure Story • George S. Harney

... spruce up, he knotted the red bandanna around his neck and pinched Salzar's slouch ...
— The Flaming Jewel • Robert W. Chambers

... Jim!" commanded Welborn. "This young man is irresistible. We had as well take a day off to do our part in this entanglement. Back the car out while I spruce up a little to meet the law ...
— David Lannarck, Midget - An Adventure Story • George S. Harney

... jes' laughed when he see me an' say: 'All right, Nelse, I been looken' fo' you some time. Now if yo' done got yo' fill o' seen' the world, 'spose yo' go down an' look at the new colt I got, an' take yo' ole place in the stable. Yo' jes' got back in time to spruce up the carriage ...
— The Bondwoman • Marah Ellis Ryan



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