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spiff
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spiff something up
to polish and groom something very well; to make something clean and tidy. See if you can spiff this place up a little. I will spiff up the room a little.
See also: up

spiffed out

Sl. to be dressed in one's finest clothes and well-groomed. He got himself all spiffed out for the wedding reception. Man, are you ever spiffed out!
See also: out

spiffed up

dressed up, groomed, and polished up nicely; clean and tidy. See if you can get yourself a little spiffed up before we go out to dinner. We wouldn't want the Wilmington-Thorpes to think you only have one suit. The house doesn't have to be too spiffed up for the Franklins. They are used to clutter.
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So it comes as little surprise that the BBC should consider helping rich Jameses and Alices push homeless locals further down the housing ladder in their series Escape to the Country to be such spiffing entertainment.
Sometimes, they involve someone with floppy cuffs trying to convince a Northern family that their house will look spiffing if they hang a stuffed mongoose from the dado rail.
I'd also remind those who thought it was a spiffing plan to have a go, that we're picking up the bill for both Fred's increased security as well as his cut-rate insurance premiums.
 
 
 
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