class up

verb

class up

verb

1

Informal To make more classy or sophisticated

to class up the joint
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:

1 more example

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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