smarten
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- IPA (key): /ˈsmɑːt(ə)n/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: smart‧en
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- (transitive) If you ask someone to smarten up, you want them to make themselves look clean and tidy.
- (transitive) If you ask someone to smarten up, you want them to stop being silly or foolish.