doing up

present participle of do up
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of doing up After all, though TikTok may tell you that everyone is doing up their dorm rooms at the cost of roughly a new car, in reality, the average family spend (according to a RetailMeNot poll) is a much less jaw-dropping $598. Alex Apatoff, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doing up
Verb
  • Offset spatula This decorating tool is a skinny, rectangular spatula used to assist in smoothing icing, which will give your cake a polished finish.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Spoon out 2 tablespoons of nuts to a small bowl; set aside for decorating.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What To Know The medical examiner's office said, when the remains were found, that the girl was wearing a tube top, black leggings, stud earrings and a yellow bracelet.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Pam shows her more photos, one of which features a young Cipher wearing a white medical coat and holding baby Marie.
    Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The father-son duo both towered over Hargitay, adorning casual clothing in snaps taken from their visit.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Where Old-World Wallpaper Works Best Historically, wallpaper began adorning cupboard interiors and modest rooms of merchant homes.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The apology came less than 24 hours after an unidentified shooter opened fire at a college university killing Kirk, a media personality and author.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Come to the table, as Republicans and Democrats, to pass solutions to the epidemic of gun violence that’s killing both of us.
    Gabby Giffords, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The second stage was able to regain attitude control and managed to climb to a peak altitude of 198 miles (320 kilometers) before exhausting its fuel.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Lula was imprisoned in 2018, but he was released in November 2019 after the Supreme Court ruled that defendants can’t be jailed before exhausting appeal options.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Much of the discrepancy here is likely tied more to sleep than to something inherently beneficial about getting up at the crack of dawn.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Slowly open your eyes and wait another minute or two before getting up.
    Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So people shouldn’t swim against the current, which puts them at risk of tiring out.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But Franc Fernandez, the designer of the dress that is today on display at the Park MGM in Las Vegas, had worked three long days to create it, draping butcher cuts on a mannequin torso.
    Steve Knopper, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The ensemble featured a visible black underwire and corset boning at the bust and torso, while the sheer black fabric created an illusion of draping around her bust and the rest of her body.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Doing up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doing%20up. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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