DO UP


Meaning of DO UP in English

1.

If you do something up, you fasten it.

Mari did up the buttons...

Keep your scarf on, do your coat up.

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P

2.

If you ~ an old building, you decorate and repair it so that it is in a better condition. (BRIT)

Nicholas has bought a barn in Provence and is spending August doing it up.

PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron)

3.

If you say that a person or room is done up in a particular way, you mean they are dressed or decorated in that way, often a way that is rather ridiculous or extreme.

...Beatrice, usually done up like the fairy on the Christmas tree...

PHRASAL VERB: usu passive, be V-ed prep/adv

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .