touched up; touching up; touches up
1
: to improve or perfect by small additional strokes or alterations : fix the minor and usually visible defects or damages of
2
: to stimulate by or as if by a flick of a whip
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 9 June 2025
Additionally, Charlotte Tilbury touch-up stations will be available at AT&T Stadium during select Cowboys home games so that fans can get in on the action on game days.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Stephanie Petit, People.com, 23 May 2025
Arresting murals nearby have been defaced and touched up repeatedly.
—Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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Noun
Vogue senior beauty writer Kiana Murden likes to keep a tube in her purse for touch-ups on the go.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 9 June 2025
Additionally, Charlotte Tilbury touch-up stations will be available at AT&T Stadium during select Cowboys home games so that fans can get in on the action on game days.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Verb
Footage then showed Meghan posing in various outfits, getting makeup touched up and checking out the images on a computer screen.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 23 May 2025
Arresting murals nearby have been defaced and touched up repeatedly.
—Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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“Touch-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch-up. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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