verb
- Make neat, smart, or trim.
- usage: "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
- Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion.
- usage: "He spruced up for the party"
- synonyms: spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up
adjective
- Dressed in fancy or formal clothing.
- synonyms: dressed, dressed-up, dressed to the nines, dressed to kill, dolled up, spiffed up, togged up
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