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smarten up

verb smartens up · smartening up · smartened up

  1. intransitive To wear smart clothes and look more stylish
  2. intransitive To make something look smart or smarter. All the trains and the 300 stations were smartened up, "and we dared to advertise" - something that had previously been impossible because the offering was not good enough.
  3. intransitive To become less stupid or naive
  4. transitive To make less stupid or naive

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@misc{smarten_up_2026,
  title = {smarten up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smarten%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}