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    SPIFF UP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Make neat, smart, or trimplay

    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

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