"pretty up" meaning in English

See pretty up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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

Download JSON data for pretty up meaning in English (1.8kB)

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