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spruced up

ADJECTIVE

dressed to the nines

Synonyms

WEAK

dolled up dressed to advantage dressed to kill dressed to the teeth dressed-up gussied up in full dress in full feather soignée spiffed up well-dressed well-turned-out

ADJECTIVE

dressed up

Synonyms

WEAK

dolled up dressed to kill dressed to the nines fashionable formal gussied up in full dress in one's best bib and tucker ornate

ADJECTIVE

natty

Synonyms

WEAK

chic chichi classy clean dainty dapper dashing dressed to kill dressed to the nines elegant fashionable neat prim sharp slick smart snazzy spiffy spruce stylish swanky trim well-groomed well-turned-out

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He’s pleased to see the estate being spruced up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

By that point, gay marriage had become the law of the land and a new bar using the Stonewall name, now spruced up for tourists, had taken over the space, with a museum next door.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2024

The hall is spruced up with new seats and looks lovely.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2024

Yablunska street and the area around has been cleaned up, spruced up and in some places rebuilt.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2024

He grabbed Handsome’s present, which he also spruced up by tying a bright yellow ribbon around it, and left his cave.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

spruced up

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