touch up
verb
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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Because the accessory had a previous owner, it’s been repainted and touched up to live up to your high standards.
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Soccer fans can touch up on the stadium tenant’s history there.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026
Hathaway is seen on the monitor getting her makeup touched up, while onlookers outside take pictures.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
The Ducks killed their first six penalties of the series but have since been touched up shorthanded on three of their past four PKs, with the fourth being truncated by an Edmonton infraction.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Soccer fans can touch up on the stadium tenant’s history there.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026
Hathaway is seen on the monitor getting her makeup touched up, while onlookers outside take pictures.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
The Ducks killed their first six penalties of the series but have since been touched up shorthanded on three of their past four PKs, with the fourth being truncated by an Edmonton infraction.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Touch up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20up. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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