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

Upon arriving, we were given a full tour of the property by the front office manager and promptly left to freshen up and greet the city. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

PetMD recommends grooming wipes for spot cleaning and waterless shampoos for freshening up between baths. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026

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

Rhymes for freshen up

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