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"To become or make (something) red in color."
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"(transitive, intransitive, literally) To become or make (something) red in color."
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"ref": "1888, J. M. Barrie, Auld Licht Idylls:",
"text": "When they had red up the house, the Auld Licht lassies sat in the gloaming at their doors on three-legged stools, patiently knitting stockings.",
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"ref": "1987, Robert Steelman, Blood and Dust, →ISBN, page 402:",
"text": "Mom asks if you'll wait a minute, please, sir, while she reds up a little.",
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"ref": "2010, Samuel Miller, A Place Called Hexie, →ISBN, page 110:",
"text": "In seminary, they teach us to red up by ourselves.",
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"To put on or wear redface makeup."
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"(transitive, intransitive) To put on or wear redface makeup."
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"(transitive, intransitive) To put on or wear redface makeup."
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