"scrub up" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scrubs up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrubbing up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrubbed up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrubbed up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "scrub up (third-person singular simple present scrubs up, present participle scrubbing up, simple past and past participle scrubbed up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To clean or wash by scrubbing."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ],
        [
          "wash",
          "wash"
        ],
        [
          "scrub",
          "scrub"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He scrubs up well.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, informal) To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clean up"
        },
        {
          "word": "dress up"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "scrub up"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scrubs up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrubbing up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrubbed up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrubbed up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To clean or wash by scrubbing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ],
        [
          "wash",
          "wash"
        ],
        [
          "scrub",
          "scrub"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He scrubs up well.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, informal) To become clean, handsome, smart in appearance, e.g. for a special occasion, especially when it is out of character to be seen as such."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clean up"
        },
        {
          "word": "dress up"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "scrub up"
}