do up
Example Sentences
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In outline, her plan would work like this: the government gives a council or housing association an average of £80,000 to buy and do up a property.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
We can do up to three miles together, and then she’s very, very happy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025
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
“Some of the things that they do up front with their line movement, stuff like that is pretty good,” he said.
From Washington Times • Dec. 26, 2022
“Not a single person in that audience believes for a second that what I do up there is real,” he says, gesturing in the general direction of the stage.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
