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SPIFF UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make neat, smart, or trim
Example:
titivate the child
Synonyms:
slick up; smarten up; spiff up; spruce; spruce up; titivate; tittivate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "spiff up" is one way to...):
beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
