Usually means: Improve appearance through minor changes.
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  1. spruce up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. spruce up: Merriam-Webster
  3. spruce up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. spruce up: Vocabulary.com
  5. spruce-up: Wordnik
  6. spruce up: Wiktionary
  7. spruce-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. spruce-up, spruce up: Dictionary.com
  9. spruce up: Rhymezone
  10. spruce up: FreeDictionary.org
  11. spruce up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. spruce up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spruce up: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spruce up: Encyclopedia

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  1. spruce up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spruce up: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (spruce up)

verb:  (idiomatic) To dress or arrange smartly, elegantly, and neatly; to smarten.
verb:  (idiomatic) To refresh, revamp; to freshen or improve something, especially its appearance.

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