smarten
Example Sentences
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Could have the game for Australia, but needs to smarten up.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
It may not sound as great as the fourth-gen Echo Dot, but it still offers impressive sound for its size and remains an affordable way to smarten up any room.
From The Verge ● Jun. 3, 2022
“I would like to see people smarten up so that we don’t have to have a mandate in the first place,” she said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
It’s also a self-protective reflex in the workplace: there’s vindication in seeing a boss who’s always telling others to smarten up wearing her sweater inside-out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2018
Maybe when he got to be ten, like me, he’d smarten up.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
