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Verb: freshen up
  1. Redecorate and brighten up to make nicer for inhabiting and/or use
    "we freshened up the guest wing";
    - refurbish, renovate, do up
     
  2. Become or make oneself fresh again
    "She freshened up after the tennis game";
    - freshen, refresh, refreshen [rare]

Derived forms: freshens up, freshening up, freshened up

Type of: change, regenerate, renew