slick up

VERB

groom

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comb educate prim tend

STRONG

brush clean coach curry dress drill nurture preen prep prime primp ready refine refresh sleek tidy train

WEAK

lick into shape make attractive make presentable pretty up put through grind put through mill rub down shape up smarten up spiff up spruce up turn out

Antonyms

STRONG

damage dirty forget mess up neglect ruin

WEAK

ignore

VERB

trig

Synonyms

STRONG

clean frame groom order police spruce trim

WEAK

clear the decks fix up freshen get act together neaten pull together put in good shape put in order put in shape put to rights shape up spruce up straighten straighten up tauten whip into shape

Example Sentences

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After the American missed a gate about 10 seconds into her first race in Beijing, another skier, Sarah Schleper, said: “It was so slick up top, she just lost her edge.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2022

“It was a little slick up there but I was able to get it and hold him off from there. I can’t believe it.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2021

I stop to remember another dancer from Orange who cared so much about his smooth moves that he carried a film canister full of wax around to slick up the wood beneath his feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2021

After pouring in $4,500,000 to slick up the ships, the Government cashed in on the wartime shipping boom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fred wasn’t great about remembering to slick up his pits in the morning.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

slick up

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