Sentence examples for scrub up from inspiring English sources

"scrub up" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used when referring to someone getting ready to present him or herself in an impressive way. For example, "He scrubbed up nicely for the job interview."

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scrub up

verb

To clean or wash by scrubbing

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They scrub up quite well.

But it'll scrub up lovely.

And Lawrence's co-stars didn't scrub up too badly either.

Thoughts: - Luke Evans and Helen McCrory scrub up lovely.

So in some ways I can scrub up a lot better.

Time to head out and scrub up for church on Sunday.

Place the Pathfinder on the growing list of one-time mudders that had to scrub up to survive.

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It could definitely use a little scrub-up, and like most British stations it desperately needs a better newsstand.

In time such updates will reduce the need to "feel your way through the legal and financial system," says John Hamilton, who heads the Myanmar office of CEA Projects, a logistics company.Even the most vigorous regulatory scrub-up and revamped central bank will not create a well-trained workforce: that will take years of massive investment in education.

Concealed behind the crumpled mirror is not a new station, but what contractor Mace describes as "one of the biggest refurbishments in Europe", a project deemed to be the best middle way between entire demolition and rebuilding (which would have entailed closing the busiest station outside London) and a bare minimum scrub-up.

Does she fear that one day she will lose that precious ability to 'scrub up well'?

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