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spiffed up

spiffed up is the simple past and past participle of spiff up.

Meaning of spiff up

Verb

spiff up (third-person singular simple present spiffs up, present participle spiffing up, simple past and past participle spiffed up)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, transitive) To decorate or otherwise make more attractive.
    • He was all spiffed up, this chap, decked out in a spotless white shirt and a bow tie.2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 22

Questions about spiffed up

What is spiffed up the simple past and past participle of?
Spiffed up is the simple past and past participle of spiff up.

Words near spiffed up in the dictionary

  1. spife
  2. spifes
  3. spiff
  4. spiff up
  5. spiffed
  6. spiffed up
  7. spiffier
  8. spiffies
  9. spiffiest
  10. spiffily
  11. spiffiness

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