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Synonyms & Antonyms of spruce (up)
to make neat
- hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up
Synonyms for spruce (up)
- neaten,
- pick up,
- redd (up or out)
- [chiefly dialect],
- straighten (up or out),
- tidy (up),
- trim
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“Spruce (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spruce%20%28up%29. Accessed 25 Sep. 2021.
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