do up
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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 ● Feb. 4, 2026
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
“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
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