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

Idioms and Phrases

Fasten up or put up; also, dress up. For example, Let's do up all the gifts in matching paper , or Please help me do up the collar button , or Jane did up her hair for the dance , or The children were all done up in their best outfits . [c. 1800]

. Do something thoroughly or very well, as in They really did it up brown for the dinner party . The allusion here is unclear, but it may be to wrapping a package in brown paper. [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

“I can ask, ‘Can you tell me when I won’t be able to do up the buttons on my shirt or operate a phone?’” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

"We've been doing up the house anyway, so I hired a digger and, with the help of a mate, we started digging up the driveway to see what was there," he said.

From BBC

“When I saw what you folks were doing up here in the Legislature, I got screaming mad,” said Christy Stockman, from Corpus Christi.

From Salon

We can do up to three miles together, and then she’s very, very happy.

From Los Angeles Times

That being said, Nintendo did up the cost of some of the accessories for the Switch 2.

From Los Angeles Times