spruce up

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make someone or something look neater and more attractive

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   spruce something up / spruce up something

   Usage: Make the object neater or more attractive; a pronoun goes before up.

   We added fresh paint to spruce up the front room.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   We added fresh paint to spruce up the front room.

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