transitive verb
1.
a. : to clean and make ready for use or wear : launder
the only laundress left who knew how to do up damask — Josephine Pinckney
b. : to put in order : straighten up
one of the girls was sick and I had to help to do up the rooms — Henry Lapham
c. : repair , renovate
for years no one … had their houses done up — John Galsworthy
2.
a. : to wrap up
are now done up in neat bundles — Creighton Peet
b. : to put up : can
did up two bushels of peaches
3.
a. : to arrange and fasten (the hair) in place
her golden hair was done up on the top of her head — John Steinbeck
b. : to deck out : clothe
the waitresses are done up in abbreviated bloomers and net stockings — Horace Sutton
4. : to wear out : exhaust
this contact with righteousness has about done me up — Sinclair Lewis
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- do up brown