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Definition of Do up

1. Verb. Wrap for decorative purposes. "The gift was done up in pretty red paper"

2. Verb. Use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.. "She dolled herself up for the night out with her friends"

Definition of Do up

1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To fasten a piece of clothing. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To redecorate a room etc. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive idiomatic informal) To execute a task or performance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Do Up

do someone's head in do someone dirt do someone dirty do someone proud do the dishes do the hard yards do the honors do the honours do the math do the rounds

do the trick do time do unto others do up (current term) do well do well by doing good do well for oneself do what do with mirrors do without

do work do you accept American dollars do you accept credit cards do you believe in God do you come here often do you have a boyfriend do you have a menu in English do you have any pets

Literary usage of Do up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"M 78—80 do. up to 16" ..do. from 17—20 do. „ 21—24....do. „ 25—29....do. „ 30—32 do. „ 33—35 do. „ 36-38....do. „ 39—11 do. Mirrors of ,, 45—47 do. ..."

2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"So Don is do-ou, as " Don your clothes." Duj> is do-up, as " Dup the door " (gf). of Spanish origin, as Ponto (pointer), Tray (fetch), etc. ..."

3. Our Army Nurses: Interesting Sketches, Addresses, and Photographs of Nearly by Mary A. Gardner Holland (1895)
"I used to do up bandages, and carry them to the State House every day. They said mine were the best of any. One day they asked me if I had ever nursed. ..."

4. Plane Surveying: A Text-book and Pocket Manual by John Clayton Tracy (1907)
"To do up a Chain. Beginning at the middle, fold up the doubled chain, taking hold of two links at a time with one hand and laying each pair obliquely across ..."

5. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"do up brown. To do up thoroughly, in a good or a bad sense, as it may happen. a.1848 Nature seemed to take particular pains to have everything as it should ..."

6. Manual of Industrial and Commercial Intercourse Between the United States by Thomas Savage (1889)
"0.09 25 pc do Do. up to 42 threads " 0.14 do Do. up to 62 threads " 0.18 do Of wool with mixture of cotton, plain, colored, up to wide Metre. ..."

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