How to Use do up in a Sentence

do up

verb
  • For now, the lab expects to do up to 500 tests a day, Dunn said.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2020
  • And there always seems to be a lot of work to be done up there.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • To build strength, do up to five reps with a weight that feels very heavy for you.
    — Erin Warwood, Women's Health, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The chef’s counter, meanwhile, is done up in dark stone with moss-green stools.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Clark, of course, is the key to everything Green Bay does up front.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 16 July 2022
  • The agency plans to do up to 75 of these home repairs in its service area.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
  • That shouldn’t detract from what he’s done up to this stage of his career.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • That's a real testament to all the hard work that's been done up until now.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
  • It can be worn with the lovely pearl buttons done up as a shirt or undone as a cardigan.
    — Jessica Copeland, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The spacious rooms are done up in soothing neutrals with accents of sea-blue.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The spacious rooms are done up in soothing neutrals with accents of sea-blue.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The 533 rooms, on the other hand, are rather serene, done up in a neutral palette that allows the views from the floor-to-ceiling windows to shine.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
  • One member of the choir taught fifth grade, and her tween fan army, done up in rhinestones and taffeta, buzzed overhead in the balcony.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Everything inside the car is done up in gold and black, with the exception of some wood trim on the steering wheel and dash.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 June 2023
  • Camila has been doing up Paris in serious style over the last few days.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 5 July 2023
  • And the slave auctions and minstrel shows and blackface that students did up until the 1990s — which fill the pages of the yearbooks there — ended, too.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 May 2022
  • Toeing the line between dressy and dressed down, the loose-fitting pants appeared to be less bulky but more done up than a pair of sweatpants.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • That would mean how the economy fares from now until the election may matter more than how it’s done up to now.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • The highlight of the watch, though, is the dial which is done up in Tiffany & Co.’s iconic blue and is signed by both the watchmaker and jeweler.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 June 2023
  • Both stars were done up in their diva best for the meeting, which took place in the venue built for Dion's 2003 A New Day residency.
    — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Quick, take a look at your bank account — or your mailbox — did up to $600 in stimulus cash show up yet?
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Rooms have full-sized Cowshed products, a hair dryer, and a flat iron to get all done up up before hitting the town.
    — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2024
  • This year’s version is done up in blue plaid slacks, a blue Masters sweater, striped tie and white Masters bucket hat.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The adjoining Floral Salon is done up in pale pink and white tones, with frothy textures.
    — Joelle Diderich, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Alvarez, who has worked as a city firefighter for 26 years, has seen the damage fireworks can do up close.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2022
  • One of the bedrooms is done up with black-and-white-striped wallpaper, black-and-white-striped canopy beds, and black-and-white-striped pillows — all very Beetlejuice.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Take, for instance, the library and formal sitting room, done up in aubergine—a favorite hue of the homeowners.
    — Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Without the restrictions, an aircraft in its network might do up to six flights a day to the East Hampton airport.
    — James Fanelli, WSJ, 15 May 2022
  • There are some traces of black and red—like on the dashboard, gear shifter, and seat belt buckle—but the vehicle’s leather seats and upholstery are all done up in the lighter shade.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Among its many contributions to the South Asian community, the brand’s latest launch proves once again that enough hasn’t been done up to this point.
    — Dahvi Shira, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025

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