do up | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Tofasten(a piece ofclothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)I can'tdo upmy shirt. The button is missing.Help medo upthis zipper.You hold it in place while Ido upthe nut.; (transitive,idiomatic,colloquial)Toredecorate(a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property).I'm going todo upthe living room next.They'vedone upthe house so that they can sell it more easily.1897, Richard Marsh,The Beetle:If I had been asked what was the rent of the house, I should have said, at the most, not more than twenty pounds, — because, between you and me, it wants a good bit ofdoing up, and is hardly fit to live in as it stands.2001,Salman Rushdie,Fury: A Novel, London:Jonathan Cape,→ISBN,page 3:So many people weredoing uptheir apartments that supplies of high-grade fixtures and fittings were at a premium.; (transitive,idiomatic,informal)To execute a task or performance.This time I'm going todoitupright.; (transitive,idiomatic)To pack together and envelop; to pack up.Idid upthe parcel with string and took it to the post office.; (transitive,dated)To accomplish thoroughly.; (transitive,archaic)Tostarchandiron.1850,Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 20, inThe Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.:Ticknor, Reed, and Fields,→OCLC:a rich gown of velvet, and a ruffdone upwith the famous yellow starch; (slang)To beat up; to physically assault.; (transitive)To style (someone's hair); to give (someone) anupdo; to wear an updo.

Examples:

EN: How do you do up here, Aslaug?
ES: ¿Qué haces por aquí arriba, Aslaug?
EN: What do you do up there all day long?
ES: ¿Qué haces allí todo el día?
EN: So that's what you call a top do up!
ES: ¡Así que esto es lo que llamais un top do up!
EN: If you wish, I'll do up your other things, and send them to the car.
ES: Si lo desea, le envolveré el resto y se lo enviaré al vagón.
EN: Say, uh, Mrs. Blake, if I ain't too inquisitive... what was you and your old man gonna do up here?
ES: Oiga, Sra. Blake, si no estoy siendo muy curioso... ¿qué iban a hacer Ud. y su marido aquí?
EN: What do you do up here?
ES: ¿Qué se hace aquí?
EN: A dance to do up there in Harlem so Someone started truckin'
ES: En Harlem empezaron a bailar una danza
EN: -What should I do up there?
ES: - ¿Qué quiere que haga en el tejado?
EN: I'd like to know what those two do up there every night.
ES: ¿Pero qué hacen ahí esos dos todas las noches?
EN: What are you do up in the dumps?
ES: Muy bonitos. - ¿Por qué estás enfurruñada?
EN: - What could you possibly do up there?
ES: Pero ¿qué se puede hacer allí?
EN: And do up your coat buttons.
ES: Y abróchate la chaqueta.
EN: They got nothing else to do up there but talk.
ES: No tienen nada más que hacer aparte de hablar.
EN: I have to do up the bedroom first.
ES: Primero tengo que redecorar la habitación.
EN: Just a man who comes in to do up the house for me.
ES: - Un hombre que viene a hacer algunos arreglos de vez en cuando.

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