do up
Example Sentences
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The conscripts then do up to 15 months compulsory training before going back into civilian life, in employment or higher education.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
We can do up to three miles together, and then she’s very, very happy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
It took a mechanic failing to do up the bolts on a rear brake caliper after qualifying to stop Verstappen winning in Australia two weeks ago.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024
As they say, Blinken is on a high wire right now—and he’s got a lot of balancing to do up there.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2023
I do up his nearly bald head and shoulders and then start putting the most complicated, unnecessary, wild highways through him from ear to ear.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
