do up
verb
did up; done up; doing up; does up
transitive verb
1
: fasten
do up the buttons of a shirt
… an elderly lady with her jacket done up tightly against the wind …
Sue Lloyd-Roberts
Sue Lloyd-Roberts2
a
: to deck (someone) out : clothe
The waitstaff was done up in western attire.
b
: to furnish (something) with something ornamental : decorate
She always does up the house for the holidays.
3
: to prepare (something) for wear or use (as by cleaning or repairing)
"… I'll make the pies and lady fingers tomorrow and do up my white muslin dress. …" Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery4
a
: to wrap (something) up
do up a package
b
: to prepare so as to preserve for later use can entry 2, put up
I did up a bushel of tomatoes.
5
: exhaust, wear out
This contact with righteousness has about done me up! Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis
Synonyms
- adorn
- array
- beautify
- bedeck
- bedizen
- blazon
- caparison
- deck
- decorate
- do
- doll up
- drape
- dress
- embellish
- emblaze
- emboss
- enrich
- fancify
- fancy up
- festoon
- garnish
- glitz (up)
- grace
- gussy up
- ornament
- pretty (up)
- trim
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Example Sentences
the whole house had been done up for Halloween on Wild West Day some of the women came to the office done up as showgirls, while the men were mostly outlaws
Word History
First Known Use
1666, in the meaning defined at sense 3
does up
verb
1
as in adorns
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming the whole house had been done up for Halloween Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- adorns
- decorates
- fancies up
- gussies up
- drapes
- fancifies
- caparisons
- ornaments
- dresses
- enriches
- bedecks
- decks
- graces
- trims
- does
- beautifies
- dresses up
- garnishes
- arrays
- paints
- festoons
- blazons
- embellishes
- pretties (up)
- embosses
- emblazes
- dolls up
- bedizens
- glitzes (up)
- brightens
- traps
- freshens
- feathers
- chases
- tricks (out)
- frills
- figures
- smartens
- swags
- embroiders
- furbelows
- ribbons
- accessorizes
- fillets
- braids
- fringes
- hangs
- garlands
- flounces
- bosses
- gilds
- gems
- filigrees
- jewels
- diamonds
- spruces (up)
- pearls
- laces
- appliqués
- redecorates
- wreathes
- redoes
- impearls
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- scars
- disfigures
- reveals
- defaces
- simplifies
- spoils
- displays
- mars
- streamlines
- uncovers
- exposes
- dismantles
- bares
- denudes
- divests
- blemishes
- strips
- uglifies
2
as in clothes
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 Synonyms & Similar Words
- clothes
- dresses
- dresses up
- costumes
- gets up
- habits
- robes
- caparisons
- attires
- garments
- bedecks
- suits
- toilets
- gowns
- wraps
- vestures
- garbs
- drapes
- arrays
- apparels
- rigs (out)
- decks (out)
- enrobes
- togs (up or out)
- jackets
- cloaks
- mantles
- uniforms
- frocks
- invests
- furnishes
- haps
- habilitates
- vests
- outfits
- huddles
- equips
- tailors
- swathes
- accoutres
- swaddles
- enswathes
- underdresses
- bedights
- dresses down
- accouters
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- disrobes
- strips
- undresses
- disarrays
- untrusses
- unveils
- uncovers
- denudes
- divests
- unclothes
- undrapes
3
as in wears
to use up all the physical energy of all of this fussing about the wedding has done me up Synonyms & Similar Words
- wears
- kills
- exhausts
- tires
- does in
- drains
- wears out
- wastes
- burns out
- knocks out
- wearies
- breaks
- busts
- fatigues
- harasses
- outwears
- washes out
- fags
- weakens
- wears to a frazzle
- tuckers (out)
- frazzles
- enervates
- debilitates
- saps
- enfeebles
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- activates
- energizes
- strengthens
- vitalizes
- invigorates
- rests
- rejuvenates
- relaxes
- unwinds