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as in to decorate
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
the whole house had been done up for Halloween
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as in to clothe
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
on Wild West Day some of the women came to the office done up as showgirls, while the men were mostly outlaws
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as in to wear
to use up all the physical energy of
all of this fussing about the wedding has done me up
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Recent Examples of do up
Eyes were done up once again by my current brow obsession, Milani Stay Put Tinted Brow Mousse in Brown , along with the Lights, Camera, Lashes Platinum Mascara , which gave my straight Asian lashes a subtle boost.
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Cam Zhang, StyleCaster, 1 July 2025
Brennan’s, birthplace of bananas foster, has a private King’s room, Queen’s room and Royal room, all done up in lavish New Orleans canopies and tapestries.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Erling Haaland is done up in an 18-karat red-gold case that makes the meteorite dial pop.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 July 2025
Last week, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff gave a sense of where humans stand in the AI era, saying that AI does up to half of the work within his company.
—Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 4 July 2025
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Cam Zhang, StyleCaster, 1 July 2025
Brennan’s, birthplace of bananas foster, has a private King’s room, Queen’s room and Royal room, all done up in lavish New Orleans canopies and tapestries.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Erling Haaland is done up in an 18-karat red-gold case that makes the meteorite dial pop.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 16 July 2025
Last week, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff gave a sense of where humans stand in the AI era, saying that AI does up to half of the work within his company.
—Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for do up
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Country Music Hall of Fame member Minnie Pearl's straw hat, decorated with cloth flowers and dangling $1.98 price tag, worn at her Opry debut in 1940.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
22 Aug. 2025
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Sharing decorations with your family or others could be a great way to get them in the hands of people who are starting their decorating journey.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
21 Aug. 2025
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Scores of mourners clad in Maryvale High School's colors of black and gold gathered to memorialize Michael Montoya II, a 16-year-old student fatally stabbed in class, during a vigil at the Phoenix school.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Barely a hundred yards away at the foot of the hill, a pair of middle-aged white golfers clad in shorts and polo shirts wheeled their golf bags along a pristine fairway at the Ermelo Country Club.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
23 Aug. 2025
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There will be a moment’s silence held at all Premier League matches this weekend, with players also wearing black armbands.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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Here is a closer look at what the Jayhawks will be wearing in that game.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
15 Aug. 2025
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The script adorns its skein of criminal dealings with idiosyncratic action, too.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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Inside, colorful portraits of the actor Steve McQueen and the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat adorn the walls, and an ’80s soundtrack (Peter Gabriel, Simply Red, the Pretenders) provides a quiet rock background.—
Seth Sherwood,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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There is talk about having cameras in dressing rooms, which for me is an absolute no-go.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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The first step to enjoying Dixon’s chili is dressing it up with a myriad of toppings for an additional cost between 15 cents to $1.25.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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The storm killed more than 400 people and caused more than $100 million in damage, or $2.3 billion in today’s dollars.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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Most of the strikes occur in the summer, killing 20 people each year, according to the NWS.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Aug. 2025
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The choice is whether to exhaust yourself trying to conduct every note or to lay down a rhythm that enables your entire team to create something extraordinary together.—
Michael Hudson,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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My mother, exhausted, would simply tell us to go to bed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Ethnic cleansing dressed up as voluntary departure.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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Fold linens neatly, use decorative baskets to corral smaller pieces, and work in a couple of decorative items, such as a pretty storage box, to dress up the piece.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Do up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/do%20up. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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