freshen up
freshen up — phrasal verb
- freshen upbase form
- freshens up3rd person singular
- freshening up-ing form
- freshened uppast simple
1. to wash your face and hands, or put on clean clothes, to feel fresh again after
to wash your face and hands, or put on clean clothes, to feel fresh again after a trip or work
After a long train ride, Minh freshened up in the station bathroom before his interview.
common pattern: freshen up + prepositional phrase (place)
Rafael quickly freshened up after his morning run, then joined the family for breakfast.
Before dinner guests arrived, Amira went upstairs to freshen up and change her shirt.
Gita freshened up quickly after working in the garden, then went out to meet her friends.
- wash up
more common in British English; can mean just washing hands and face
- freshen oneself up
the full reflexive form, slightly more formal
文法句型
freshen up
freshen up + in/after/before (place/reason)
用法筆記
Intransitive only for this sense. To specify a reflexive object, use 'freshen yourself up' rather than 'freshen up yourself'.