scrub up well
UK informal approvingDefinition
› said about someone when they have made an effort to make their appearance as tidy and pleasant as possible and they look very attractive and stylish: Mary scrubs up well.Personal hygiene and appearance - general wordsCleaning generally
(Definition of scrub up well from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- retrosexual noun
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