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spiff up (third-person singular simple present spiffs up, present participle spiffing up, simple past and past participle spiffed up)

  1. (transitive, slang, idiomatic) To decorate or otherwise make more attractive.
    • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 22:
      He was all spiffed up, this chap, decked out in a spotless white shirt and a bow tie.

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