Verb (used with object) : Try to smarten up your outfit. ,Someone has to smarten him up about dealing with people. From Dictionary.com.
But expect is the operative word and unless the labels smarten up, that definitely won`t be the case. From Wordnik.com. [Big Music sues itself] Reference
I wish Dad would smarten the F up once and for all. From Wordnik.com. [-] Reference
‘And then he’ll smarten up the cottage, and sister. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery Under Arms] Reference
The next day we had to smarten up and get ready for the. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Jaws of Death] Reference
Probably will initially, then Americans will smarten up!. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Ed Schultz Tells Robert Gibbs He’s ‘Full Of Sh*t’ And ‘You’re Losing Your Base’] Reference
This afternoon ammunition drill, &c., to smarten the men up. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from France] Reference
'In the summer,' Vivi said, 'we'll smarten the place up a bit. From Wordnik.com. [The Elvis Latte] Reference
I think if she loses her kids, that is when she will smarten up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2007] Reference
I wish all those enviro folks would smarten up and use their heads. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Diary ...] Reference
"Very well, run indoors and smarten yourself up," he said rather curtly. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Possessed]
It just falls to the Canadian public to smarten up and think critically. From Wordnik.com. [The People Versus Stephen Harper - The Evidence .....] Reference
Now then, TOMMY, my son, just smarten yourself up a bit, and look pretty. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 12, 1892] Reference
I don't know that I offer any solutions -- any way to smarten the dialogue. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Carrigan: Media Matters] Reference
And she was then taken away by her friend to smarten herself up, get composed. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2008] Reference
So I'm quite convinced that I'm going to get scurvy soon if I don't smarten up. From Wordnik.com. [So What Does It Mean When Your Teeth Start To Fall Out?] Reference
Schools will be expected to smarten up their appearance under a Tory government. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
Tumble up at once, an 'git a lively move on, or I'll be down an' smarten ye up! '. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
Until the automatic relays smarten up a lot there's got to be a man on the screen. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories]
Whether publishers smarten up to digital media is a different question entirely. From Wordnik.com. [Kudos To Macmillan (and/or Amazon)] Reference
I think over the past few years, we've seen a real concerted effort to smarten her up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2005] Reference
Thinks if he writes the right book then they'll give him the whole army to smarten up. '. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Enemy]
And I think over the past few years, we've seen a real concerted effort to smarten her up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2005] Reference
That you maybe, just maybe, would decide to smarten up and not to believe the lies anymore. From Wordnik.com. [jaimewolf Diary Entry] Reference
But it was impossible to smarten oneself up or move to another place, because of the crowd. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
"You might smarten yourself with that change, Elmore," she addressed him, ignoring his companion. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
Of course accidents are out of my jurisdiction, so drive carefully, and for God's sake smarten up. From Wordnik.com. [THE GIFT] Reference
It's an Angolan joke, which may well fall flat if the Wall Street of Angola is forced to move and smarten up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 26, 2007] Reference
Around her, people had made an effort to smarten up for the evening and she felt slightly downmarket by comparison. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
And another GLARING sign that Obama would LOSE the general election where as HILLARY WOULD SEW IT UP!! smarten up people. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Wins Kentucky] Reference
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