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POLISH UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
Example:
polish your social manners
Synonyms:
brush up; polish; polish up; round; round off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "polish up" is one way to...):
hone; perfect (make perfect or complete)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something