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Meanings of do up in English

Portuguese
vestir
Catalan
arreglar-se

Use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.

vestir
Usage of do up in English
1
My brother was never in a position to do up the house.
The Irish Times
2
So what do the local yokels do up there on a Friday?
Woken furies
3
And, Graham, tell Buckham to do up a dozen dinner-napkins in paper.
Dangerous Days
4
Arbeely had had to show him how to do up the buttons.
The Golem and the Jinni
5
I bet I could find plenty for you to do up here.
The last page
6
Then I tried on the dress and couldn't do up the zip.
The Guardian
7
At times, she can do up to four letters per minute.
Reuters
8
Which isn't very easy to do up in Spooking these days.
Fiendish deeds
9
After that there was a great to- do up in the hollow.
The Counterpane Fairy
10
There came a tap at the door-thechambermaid to do up the room.
Trent's Trust, and Other Stories
11
MORAL: Work is a Snap, but the Intermissions do up the Nervous System.
People You Know
12
She wants me to do up her fruit, I guess. Cerissa was mistaken.
The Desert and the Sown
13
There's work for me to do up yonder at the house.
Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
14
I have some things to do up-stairs, and then I'll retire.
The Americanization of Edward Bok / The Autobiography of a Dutch...
15
It takes at least an hour to do up a Chinese woman's hair.
The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. / A Monthly Ma...
16
And I must tell Diana tonight, for she'll want to do up hers.
Anne of Avonlea
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Translations for do up
Portuguese
vestirataviar
Do up through the time
Do up across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common