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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"Space exploration was to further our knowledge and to help mankind. are they going to do up there that is going to help us down here?"

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You start thinking, “ are they all doing up there?”

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People on barred lists can still do up to three days of teaching or training with children in any 30-day period, in certain circumstances.

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Mr Sawyer boasted on camera that he did up to seven procedures a day, six days a week.

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A worker from the California Conservation Corps soon approached us to ask what we were doing up there.

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