spiffed up
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The setting looked plenty stately on television, an expansive white marble backdrop, a dark wood dais, senators in their best suits, the nominee and his family all spiffed up.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2018
It’s spiffed up a youth center, a community arts center, trained carpenters, paid to house the community’s spiritual leader, Father John Kudrin, a Russian Orthodox priest and offers microloans.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2018
Most commuters would still be stuck with the existing catacombs, more or less spiffed up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2016
The Shagwong Tavern, an institution that was bought by a partnership including Jon Krasner and Beau Campsey for $2.6 million last year, has been spiffed up.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2016
Or, when he’s all spiffed up in his private school gray flannels and jacket: “Hey, you look like a Simpsons Rep.”
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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