SMARTEN


Meaning of SMARTEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ smɑ:(r)t(ə)n ]

( smartens, smartening, smartened)

• smarten up

If you smarten yourself or a place up , you make yourself or the place look neater and tidier.

...a 10-year programme to smarten up the London Underground...

She had wisely smartened herself up.

...a medical student who refused to smarten up.

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V n P , V P

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