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Do up

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

📖 Definitions of "Do up"

verb

1
To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)
"Help me do up this zipper."
2
To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to a home or domestic property.
"I'm going to do up the living room next."
3
To execute a task or performance.
"This time I'm going to do it up right."
4
To pack together and envelop; to pack up.
"I did up the parcel with string and took it to the post office."

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
doll upverb	(transitive, intransitive, slang) To dress up finely or elaborately; to deck up. (often of ostentatious display)
pretty upverb	(informal, ambitransitive) To make pretty.
glam upverb	(informal, intransitive) To make oneself more glamorous.
fasten upverb	(transitive) To fasten or attach
tighten upverb	(transitive) To make sufficiently tight.
tightenverb	(transitive) To make tighter.
lace upverb	(transitive) To fasten the laces of something.
fastenverb	(ambitransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
button upverb	(transitive) To fasten with a button or buttons.
tight	Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
screw upverb	(transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin.
enfastenverb	(rare, chiefly literary) To fasten, to bind tightly.
hitch upverb	To attach (a horse, etc.) to a vehicle.
locknoun	Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
strap upverb	(transitive) To fasten with a strap
buckle upverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To fasten one's seat belt or safety belt.
fasten downverb	To secure something so that it will not be moved away.
belt-tightenverb	(intransitive, figuratively) To tighten one's belt.
knit upverb	(transitive) To close up or draw together by knitting.
fancy upverb	To make more stylish, neat, or extravagant

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