spiff up
English
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Verb
[edit]spiff up (third-person singular simple present spiffs up, present participle spiffing up, simple past and past participle spiffed up)
- (transitive, slang, idiomatic) To decorate or otherwise make more attractive.
- 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 22:
- He was all spiffed up, this chap, decked out in a spotless white shirt and a bow tie.
Translations
[edit]to decorate or otherwise make more attractive — see also spruce up
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