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Freshen up

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To wash or groom oneself in order to be more attractive. intransitive, reflexive

    "Women spend longer than men at freshening up before going out."

  2. 2
    become or make oneself fresh again wordnet
  3. 3
    To freshen, make fresh, revivify, make new. transitive

    "After beating champions Chelsea 3-1 on Boxing Day, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger made eight changes to his starting XI in an effort to freshen things up, with games against Birmingham and Manchester City to come in the next seven days."

  4. 4
    make brighter and prettier wordnet

Etymology

From freshen + up. Compare Saterland Frisian apfriskje (“to refresh, freshen up”), West Frisian opfrisje (“to refresh, freshen up”), Dutch opfrissen (“to refresh, freshen up”), German auffrischen (“to refresh, freshen up”).

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