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do up
verb
to wrap and make into a bundle
to do up a parcel
to cause the downfall of (a person)
to beautify or adorn
(also intr) to fasten or be fastened
this skirt does up at the back
informalto renovate or redecorate
slangto assault
Idioms and Phrases
Fasten up or put up; also, dress up. For example, Let's do up all the gifts in matching paper , or Please help me do up the collar button , or Jane did up her hair for the dance , or The children were all done up in their best outfits . [c. 1800]
. Do something thoroughly or very well, as in They really did it up brown for the dinner party . The allusion here is unclear, but it may be to wrapping a package in brown paper. [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
We can do up to three miles together, and then she’s very, very happy.
That being said, Nintendo did up the cost of some of the accessories for the Switch 2.
"The government has taken a wrecking ball to the work that's being done up and down the country to improve maternity safety, something which is desperately needed."
"Space exploration was to further our knowledge and to help mankind. What are they going to do up there that is going to help us down here?"
You start thinking, “What are they all doing up there?”
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