(ambitransitive, UK) To make or become posh, to posh up.
(ambitransitive, UK) To make or become posh, to posh up.
( He's a grammar-school lad on the make, who poshened up at Cambridge and now can't speak normal, which makes him sound ludicrous when he tries. Along the way he also poshened up his team, dumping Fulham to follow Chelsea.)
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(transitive) To make (something) shabby (); to shabbify.