do upverb

• 1

  To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)

  • I can't do up my shirt. The button is missing.
  • Help me do up this zipper.
• 2

  To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property).

  • Near-synonyms: fix up, spruce up, vamp up
  • I'm going to do up the living room next.
• 3

  informalTo execute a task or performance; to execute it well.

  • This time I'm going to do it up right.
  • Previously they had cut corners on the dinner menu, but this time they really did it up.
• 4

  To pack together and envelop; to pack up, tie up, or both.

  • I did up the parcel with string and took it to the post office.
• 5

  datedTo accomplish thoroughly.

• 6

  archaicTo starch and iron.

  • a rich gown of velvet, and a ruff done up with the famous yellow starch
• 7

  slangTo beat up; to physically assault.

• 8

  To style (someone's hair); (especially) to give someone (i.e., oneself or another) an updo.