do up

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Principal characters like Ventimiglia will typically do up to 120 poses — all to make sure the nuances of someone’s face are captured.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

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

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

He bent his face as low as possible, wiping them off on his robes, pretending to do up his shoelace, so that Lupin wouldn’t see.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling