did up

past tense of do up
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Recent Examples of did up Specifically, participants who did up to 23 hours of a specific type of cognitive training called speed training over a three year period were found to have a dramatic 25% lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia over a 20-year follow-up period. Akshay Syal, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for did up
Verb
  • In preparation for move-in day, the resident assistants had decorated each floor with a different theme — Rick and Morty, Pokémon and Luca, for example.
    Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The walls are decorated with memories, paintings and artwork, like needlework from his wife that depicts cats in their leisure time.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Even Ludwig Mies van der Rohe — our high god of modern glass and steel — clad his first high-rise in 1949, the Promontory Apartments in Hyde Park, in brick.
    Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The deportees were clad in white, and many covered their faces out of safety as journalists filmed their arrival.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Both Kudrow, 63, and Cox, 62, wore black slacks and neutral-toned blouses.
    Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Two players wore the same number during a punt return at Utah in a one-sided loss to open the 2023 season.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The shoes were dramatic as well, a stiletto sandal adorned with voluminous tulle — this was a Valentino collaboration with Philip Treacy from spring 2010.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Each room is flooded with amber Southwestern light, framed by chunky wooden beams, and the massive beds are adorned with local textiles.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As skirts got shorter and the Jazz Age changed how women dressed, women wanted to show off their feet and looked for secure shoes for dancing.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Three men dressed in dark clothing emerged from a silver sedan parked near his SUV, pulled him from the driver’s seat and forced him into the back seat, according to the original police investigation.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Rob and Michelle Reiner were killed on December 14, 2025, and Nick is charged with two counts of murder.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Son of a partisan fighter The son of a World War Two partisan fighter killed in 1945, Mladic was an officer in the old communist Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) when Yugoslavia's disintegration began in 1991.
    Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Last month, a mural in Tehran’s Palestine Square depicted members of the First Family above coffins draped in American flags.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The sights of practice are closed to the public, the fence around the facility draped in black cloth.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Not long after Cowdray, the Dorchester president, got up to present, Opperman spoke up.
    Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Cronenworth got up and headed home, sliding in headfirst with the tying run.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Did up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/did%20up. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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