class up

verb

To make more classy or sophisticated

“to class up the joint”

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Meanings

verbclass up (third-person singular simple present classes up, present participle classing up, simple past and past participle classed up)

present singular third person classes up · participle present classing up · participle past classed up · past classed up

  1. informaltransitiveTo make more classy or sophisticated

    to class up the joint

    2 more examples

    A good looking moose working in their café probably was not her father's idea of classing up the place.

    2015, C.A. Portnellus, The Road Home: Book Three of Sparrow Wars in the Garden of Bliss

    It [a simple black sheath] was formal, could be classed up with my simple gold hoop earrings, and the neckline barely plunged at all.

    2018, Kathy Lyons, Sliding Home
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class up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/class%20up

MLA

“class up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/class%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “class up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/class%20up.

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