freshen up

phrasal verb

freshened up; freshening up; freshens up
: to wash oneself in order to feel clean and fresh
I feel like I need to freshen up after my long trip.

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Go for dinner after stopping to freshen up at your hotel. Sarah Bence, AFAR Media, 3 Mar. 2025 Wait until planting season has arrived before freshening up your mulch. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2025 For both robots, those cleaning times included occasional mid-run pitstops at the base to drop off dust or freshen up the mops. PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2025 Ducati also freshened up the style of the new XDiavel V4 as well, slightly reshaping the front headlight and cleaning up the lines as well as adding the quartet of trumpets off the right side. William Roberson, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for freshen up

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“Freshen up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freshen%20up. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.

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