Meaning of do up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)
   idiomatic, transitive
2. To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property).
   colloquial, idiomatic, transitive
3. To execute a task or performance.
   idiomatic, informal, transitive
4. To pack together and envelop; to pack up.
   idiomatic, transitive
5. To accomplish thoroughly.
   dated, transitive
6. To starch and iron.
   archaic, transitive
7. To beat up; to physically assault.
   slang
8. To style (someone's hair); to give (someone) an updo; to wear an updo.
   transitive

Examples

“I can't do up my shirt. The button is missing.”

“Help me do up this zipper.”

“You hold it in place while I do up the nut.”

“I'm going to do up the living room next.”

“They've done up the house so that they can sell it more easily.”

“If I had been asked what was the rent of the house, I should have said, at the most, not more than twenty pounds, — because, between you and me, it wants a good bit of doing up, and is hardly fit to live in as it stands.”

“So many people were doing up their apartments that supplies of high-grade fixtures and fittings were at a premium.”

“This time I'm going to do it up right.”

“I did up the parcel with string and took it to the post office.”

“a rich gown of velvet, and a ruff done up with the famous yellow starch”

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