sprunt up
C1 informal separable both
In simple words
To make something look better and cleaner (an old or regional way of saying 'spruce up')
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
informal
Dialectal past tense or variant form of 'spruce up'; to have made oneself or something look neater and smarter
"He'd sprunt himself up nicely for the village dance, wearing his best coat."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Extremely rare in modern standard English. Found in some Northern English dialects and older literary sources as a past tense or variant form of 'spruce up'. ESL learners are unlikely to encounter this and should use 'spruce up' instead.
Commonly used with
appearance room self
Forms
Base
sprunt up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
sprunts up
he/she/it
Past simple
sprunted up
yesterday
Past participle
sprunted up
have + pp
-ing form
sprunting up
continuous
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