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 a clever nod to the regional speciality of porcelain, it’s all served on plates by local makers Bernardaud, decorated by the artist Marco Brambilla.
    James Rampton, TheWeek, 9 July 2026
  • The theater decorated its lobby in the style of the seafaring movie with netting on the ceiling and nautical props along the walls.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Ed Sheeran strides to Taylor Swift wedding Ed Sheeran, clad in a bright aqua blue suit, arrived holding hands with wife Cherry Seaborn.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • That was enough for France, whose red, white and blue-clad fans looked plenty patriotic on July Fourth in the city where the United States was founded exactly 250 years earlier.
    Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • French President Emmanuel Macron wore a pair of aviator sunglasses indoors again.
    Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026
  • While visiting Evelina London Children’s Hospital, the princess wore a breezy white shirt dress cinched with a black waist belt and finished with classic kitten heels.
    Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • He was surrounded by beige pleather armchairs gathered around low tables adorned with silk flowers.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • And the Opéra sabot style is adorned with long laces that wrap around the ankle like a dancer’s ribbon.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • The actors learned how to sail and how to row and the boat’s 26-man crew were dressed as extras and incorporated into the movie.
    Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The first photo showed a smiling Nicole cradling Kidman, dressed in a frilly white blouse and matching bow, at her hip.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Israel retaliated with a massive military offensive that has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians, Gaza’s Health Ministry says, around half of them women and children.
    Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Hayati did not provide further details on the people killed or injured.
    Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • The body was placed in a casket draped in the Islamic Republic’s flag and encased in glass.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • Another one in Bristol has a Freedom Fuel banner loosely draped on an overhang that clearly belonged to a Valero in a past life.
    Adam Ismail, The Drive, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston.
    Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • About 30 minutes before landing, Lopez allegedly got up from his seat to use the restroom.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026

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“Did up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/did%20up. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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