spruce yourself up

spruce yourself up
ˌspruce ˈup | ˌspruce sb/sth/yourselfˈup derived
to make sb/sth/yourself clean and neat

She spruced up for the interview.

The city is sprucing up its museums and galleries.

I spruced myself up before I went out.

Main entry:sprucederived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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