do up

Example Sentences

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‘Girls, what are you doing up here?’ he asks, peering across the dark room.

From Literature

I wondered what he was doing up in a tree, screaming his head off.

From Literature

One driver told the BBC his firm would do up to 15 drop-offs daily from a hotel in south-east London to a doctors surgery around two miles away.

From BBC

She’s dressed in fancy shoes and her hair is done up, but she wants to play, so I pass her the ball.

From Literature

She didn’t say it before, so I guess it wasn’t done up until that very moment.

From Los Angeles Times