"smarten up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: smartens up [present, singular, third-person], smartening up [participle, present], smartened up [participle, past], smartened up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} smarten up (third-person singular simple present smartens up, present participle smartening up, simple past and past participle smartened up)
  1. (intransitive) To wear smart clothes and look more stylish Tags: intransitive Related terms (look more stylish): tart up
    Sense id: en-smarten_up-en-verb-PSQJo-dq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 28 37 35 Disambiguation of 'look more stylish': 98 1 1
  2. (intransitive) To become less stupid or naive Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-smarten_up-en-verb-Fo~tTjRY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 28 37 35
  3. (transitive) To make less stupid or naive Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-smarten_up-en-verb-2y5dUaSg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 28 37 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (become/make less stupid): dumb down
Disambiguation of 'become/make less stupid': 2 52 47

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for smarten up meaning in English (2.4kB)

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