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pretty up

pretty up verb: to make pretty.

Verb

pretty up (third-person singular simple present pretties up, present participle prettying up, simple past and past participle prettied up)

  1. (ambitransitive, informal) To make pretty.
    • Company will be here soon, so I'm going to go now and pretty up.
    Synonyms:
    prettify

Synonyms of pretty up

Forms of pretty up

third-person singular presentpretties up
present participleprettying up
past participleprettied up
pastprettied up

Questions about pretty up

What does pretty up mean?
Pretty up means to make pretty.
What part of speech is pretty up?
Pretty up is a verb.
What is the past tense of pretty up?
The past tense of pretty up is prettied up.

Words near pretty up in the dictionary

  1. pretty pleasy
  2. pretty police
  3. pretty Polly
  4. pretty privilege
  5. pretty privileged
  6. pretty up
  7. pretty well
  8. Pretty Woman syndrome
  9. pretty-by-night
  10. pretty-face wallabies
  11. pretty-face wallaby

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