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slick up
verb
1. make neat, smart, or trim
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Spruce up your house for Spring

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titivate the child

• Syn: ↑spruce up, ↑spruce, ↑titivate, ↑tittivate, ↑smarten up, ↑spiff up
• Derivationally related forms: ↑tittivation (for: ↑tittivate), ↑titivation (for: ↑titivate)
• Hypernyms: ↑fancify, ↑beautify, ↑embellish, ↑prettify
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

2. dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
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He spruced up for the party

• Syn: ↑spruce up, ↑spruce, ↑smarten up
• Hypernyms: ↑groom, ↑neaten
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s somebody


Useful english dictionary. 2012.