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2021-09-06 05:09
Smarten up phrase
To become better in terms of physical appearance or style or cause someone/something to become so.
Let's smarten up the house to welcome the new year.
After smartening up with make-up, no ones realized who she was.
We've been very busy smartening up the house for our son's birthday party.
To get or start to be more intelligent, alert, sophisticated, or cause someone/something to get or start to be so.
The commander smartened up all the soldiers who are supposed to stay alert during the night but fell asleep.
This topic is so abstract. I hope that this video will smarten me up.
Thanks for smartening me up! I finally understand how to solve this exercise.
The verb "smarten" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase was formed based on the meaning of the verb "smarten" which dates from 1786.
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Used to describe a person being more careful after an accident or a bad experience in the past to avoid it happening again.
I drive more carefully after an accident when I was little because a burnt child dreads the fire.
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