Usually means: Fasten, secure, or renovate something.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word do up:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. do up: Merriam-Webster
  2. do up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. do up: Vocabulary.com
  4. do (sth) up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. do up: Wiktionary
  6. do up: Dictionary.com
  7. do up: Rhymezone
  8. do up: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. Do up: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  10. do up: FreeDictionary.org
  11. do up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. do up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. do up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. do up: Legal dictionary
  2. do up: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. do up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. do up: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. do up, do up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. do-up, do up: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (do up)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property).
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To execute a task or performance.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To pack together and envelop; to pack up.
verb:  (transitive, dated) To accomplish thoroughly.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To starch and iron.
verb:  (slang) To beat up; to physically assault.
verb:  (transitive) To style (someone's hair); to give (someone) an updo; to wear an updo.

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