подправить – English translation

cosmeticize; patch up; cosmetize; tweak (обычно какую-то деталь, внести небольшие изменения: Hi Bob, just checking if there is anything else that needs tweaking on the sample page before we build out the rest of them? – нужно что-нибудь ещё подправить ART Vancouver); fix up; adjust; put right; rectify; refresh; straighten

Gruzovik

put right (pf of подправлять); adjust (pf of подправлять); rectify (pf of подправлять)

Игорь Миг

tinker (= чинить)

Gruzovik, inf.

cure a little (pf of подправлять); treat a little (pf of подправлять)

hockey.

tip (изменить траекторию шайбы касанием клюшки HARagLiAMov)

inf.

dolly up; treat a little; cure; shore up ("We were turning pucks over, and it took a little regrouping between the first and the second. We didn't give up much after that, but we gave up a lot early, and that's something we have to shore up." VLZ_58); make tweaks ("The company behind the massive new grain terminal on the North Vancouver waterfront says it will continue making tweaks to its aircraft warning beacons after the first few days of operations left residents in the nearby Calverhall neighbourhood feeling a bit blinded by the light. (...) Neighbours who spoke to the North Shore News described a sleepless night of "horrendous light pollution" and like being "inside Studio 54." "