She needed to spruce up her image so she bought tons of new clothes and got a great new hairstyle.
The city has to spruce itself up for the Olympics next year.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
spruce up something — spruce up (someone/something) to improve the appearance of someone or something. She needed to spruce up her image so she bought tons of new clothes and got a great new hairstyle. The city has to spruce itself up for the Olympics next year … New idioms dictionary
spruce up — (someone/something) to improve the appearance of someone or something. She needed to spruce up her image so she bought tons of new clothes and got a great new hairstyle. The city has to spruce itself up for the Olympics next year … New idioms dictionary
spruce up — verb 1. make neat, smart, or trim Spruce up your house for Spring titivate the child • Syn: ↑spruce, ↑titivate, ↑tittivate, ↑smarten up, ↑slick up, ↑spiff up … Useful english dictionary
Spruce Township, Roseau County, Minnesota — Spruce Township, Minnesota Township … Wikipedia
Spruce Pine, North Carolina — Infobox Settlement official name = Spruce Pine, North Carolina settlement type = Town nickname = imagesize = image caption = Main Street, Spruce Pine NC image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location in North Carolina mapsize1 = map caption1 =… … Wikipedia
spruce — [[t]spru͟ːs[/t]] spruces, sprucing, spruced (spruce is both the singular and the plural form.) 1) N VAR A spruce is a kind of evergreen tree. Trees such as spruce, pine and oak have been planted. ...a young blue spruce. ...80 year old spruces. N… … English dictionary
spruce — spruce1 [ sprus ] noun count spruce or spruce tree a tall tree that has thin sharp leaves that do not fall off in winter and produces hard brown fruits called cones a. uncount the wood of a spruce spruce spruce 2 [ sprus ] verb ,spruce up phrasal … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Spruce Hill Township, Pennsylvania — Infobox Settlement official name = Spruce Hill Township, Pennsylvania other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Township motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = city logo =… … Wikipedia
Spruce, Wisconsin — Infobox Settlement official name = Spruce, Wisconsin settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Spruce, Wisconsin mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type = Country… … Wikipedia
Spruce — Recorded in several spellings including Prouse, Prewse, Prowse, Pruce, and Spruce, this is a surname of two possible origins. Firstly, it may be from the Old French and later English word prous or prouz , meaning valiant or, doughty. Secondly, it … Surnames reference
