furbish up

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Verb

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furbish up - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"fix, mend, repair, bushel, doctor, touch on, restoreameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"tinker, fiddle - try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"fill - plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"patch, piece - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"cobble - repair or mend; "cobble shoes"repoint, point - repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney"troubleshoot, trouble-shoot - solve problems; "He is known to be good at trouble-shooting"patch up, patch - mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole"resole, sole - put a new sole on; "sole the shoes"revamp, vamp - provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots"reheel, heel - put a new heel on; "heel shoes"darn - repair by sewing; "darn socks"