sprucing up

He was helping protect the Yosemite Valley while he was sprucing up the hills of middle Manhattan.

Bob and Elizabeth Dole had major lifts several years ago—he began sprucing up when he made those Viagra ads.

Even the floor had shared in the general sprucing up and shone with paint and varnish.

“Jack is sprucing up for the girls,” observed Pepper, with a wink at Andy.

"Sprucing up" is West Point for the morning house-cleaning in the summer camp.