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SPIFF UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spiff up mean?
• SPIFF UP (verb)
The verb SPIFF UP has 1 sense:
1. make neat, smart, or trim
Familiarity information: SPIFF UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make neat, smart, or trim
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
slick up; smarten up; spiff up; spruce; spruce up; titivate; tittivate
Context example:
titivate the child
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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