"pretty up" meaning in All languages combined

See pretty up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: pretties up [present, singular, third-person], prettying up [participle, present], prettied up [participle, past], prettied up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pretty up (third-person singular simple present pretties up, present participle prettying up, simple past and past participle prettied up)
  1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) To make pretty. Tags: informal, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: prettify

Inflected forms

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      "form": "pretties up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prettied up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prettied up",
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Appearance",
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            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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        {
          "text": "Company will be here soon, so I'm going to go now and pretty up.",
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        }
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        "To make pretty."
      ],
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          "transitive",
          "transitive"
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        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "pretty",
          "pretty"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, transitive, intransitive) To make pretty."
      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "informal",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
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  "word": "pretty up"
}
{
  "forms": [
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      "form": "pretties up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prettying up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prettied up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prettied up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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        "English informal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
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        ],
        [
          "pretty",
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        "(informal, transitive, intransitive) To make pretty."
      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "transitive"
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    }
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  "word": "pretty up"
}

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