do up

verb

1. to wrap and make into a bundle

   to do up a parcel

2. to cause the downfall of (a person)
3. to beautify or adorn
4. also intr to fasten or be fastened

   this skirt does up at the back

5. informal.
   to renovate or redecorate
6. slang.
   to assault

Example Sentences

“I wasn’t campaigning for it, but I was thirsting for something different, completely removed from the work I had been doing up to that point,” Jenkins said.

From Los Angeles Times

The congressional seat can’t be surrendered to “a political hack,” she told a few score at a roadhouse grill in Amboy, done up with cobwebs and skeletons for Halloween.

From Los Angeles Times

“She was very fit, sporty. Wearing a headband, and sunglasses. Her buttons were done up and she was wearing a scarf,” the detective adds.

From BBC

Mr Winstone said: "I don't know why that hasn't been done up to now."

From BBC

“Nothing is being done to prevent a major catastrophe. ... We don’t want sympathy, we want work being done up there — now.”

From Los Angeles Times