buff up

buff something up

to polish something to a shine. He buffed his shoes up and went out for the evening. He buffed up the antique silver platter.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nazzareno	-	Italian
Aithne	-	Irish
Marianna	mer-ee-AN-ə (English), mar-ee-AN-ə (English), mahr-YAHN-nah (Polish)	Italian, English, Hungarian, Slovak, Polish, Greek
Rembrandt	REM-brahnt	Dutch
Clarissa	klə-RIS-ə (English)	English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Jeltsje	-	Frisian, Dutch