freshen up

verb

freshened up; freshening up; freshens up

: to wash oneself in order to feel clean and fresh

I feel like I need to freshen up after my long trip.

Examples of freshen up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Broad, Mumtaz and plenty of others freshen up the rotation, something Sky Sports are quite skilled at doing having eased out older school figures like Ian Botham, David Gower and David Lloyd in recent years. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Navarrete, whose biceps are adorned with a tattoo of her mother and one of the Virgen de Guadalupe as a Zapatista rebel, took off her fuchsia blazer to freshen up for a court hearing in Santa Ana. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Taking the time now to freshen up your garden soil with late applications of compost or a planting of cover crops is an easy way to add nutrients back into your garden and help plants grow better in spring. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2026

Your canal visit will last a couple of hours, leaving you ample time to get back to your room to relax and freshen up before dinner. — Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for freshen up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup