tart up

verb

tarted up; tarting up; tarts up

transitive verb

: dress up, fancy up

tarted up the restaurant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The Midnight riff comes to us from Sam Ross, then of the legendary Milk & Honey, and turns the classic into a sour, bringing lemon juice to tart up the old Stinger profile but subbing bourbon for cognac and Fernet Branca for the mint liqueur. —

Jason O'bryan, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2021

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