SPIT AND POLISH

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("spit and polish" is a kind of...):

order; orderliness (a condition of regular or proper arrangement)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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