smarten
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“They’re just so good on the power play. So let’s just smarten up in that area.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
“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
MPs have been told to smarten up their clothing when they return from summer recess to the Commons next week.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2021
Of course that goes for Billie Dawn, the ex-showgirl who bubbles along on Brock’s arm without a care in her head until Brock hires Verrall to smarten her up.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2018
“The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting.”
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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