Betekenis van smarten (sb/sth) up In het Nederlands

• 0 to (cause to) become more clean, tidy, and stylish:

  • She's really smartened herself up since she finished college.

  • You'll have to smarten up if you want to work in television.

• 1 to improve your personal appearance or the appearance of something:

  • You'll need to buy a suit and smarten up a bit for the interview.

  • Staff were told to smarten themselves up for the inspection visit.

  • They've smartened up the design of their webpage.

• 2 to begin working more effectively:

  • Poor performers need to smarten up quickly if they want to keep their jobs.

  • The industry needs to smarten up its act in relation to advertising and promotion.