Verb smarten up has 2 senses
- spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
--1 is one way to beautify, embellish, prettify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up - dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"
--2 is one way to groom, neaten
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
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