Definition of Do up

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

Generic synonyms: Wrap, Wrap Up

2. Verb. Use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.. "She dolled herself up for the night out with her friends"
Exact synonyms: Doll Up, Glam Up, Pretty Up
Generic synonyms: Groom, Neaten

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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