give something a polish

She took a rather dirty handkerchief from her pocket and gave the frog a quick polish.

She was giving his shoes an extra polish as she always did just before he returned to duty.

The Met even took a few risks, giving avant-garde gestures an institutional polish.

Chaos gave a silver ladle a final, theatrical polish and passed it to her.

All I had to do was give it a good polish.

Refusing to be hurried, Tom gave his paw a final polish, then used it to pat at the wall.

Gabriel looked at her with some satisfaction, for she had been given a last polish by Leiysin's people.

To this mirror I gave a hasty polish, then set it upright upon the table.

Did it get rubbed down, or just given a good polish?

"I'll bring it down and Joshua can give it a good polish."