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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"fasten clothing\"",
"word": "undo"
}
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},
{
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{
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{
"text": "I can't do up my shirt. The button is missing."
},
{
"text": "Help me do up this zipper."
},
{
"text": "You hold it in place while I do up the nut."
}
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"To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)"
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)"
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{
"text": "I'm going to do up the living room next."
},
{
"text": "They've done up the house so that they can sell it more easily."
},
{
"ref": "1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle",
"text": "If I had been asked what was the rent of the house, I should have said, at the most, not more than twenty pounds, — because, between you and me, it wants a good bit of doing up, and is hardly fit to live in as it stands.",
"type": "quotation"
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"glosses": [
"To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property)."
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"(transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property)."
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},
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{
"text": "This time I'm going to do it up right."
}
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"To execute a task or performance."
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"(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To execute a task or performance."
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"text": "I did up the parcel with string and took it to the post office."
}
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"To pack together and envelop; to pack up."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To pack together and envelop; to pack up."
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"To accomplish thoroughly."
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"(transitive, dated) To accomplish thoroughly."
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"To starch and iron."
],
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"(transitive, archaic) To starch and iron."
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"Fundamental"
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"word": "done up like a kipper"
}
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"To beat up; to physically assault."
],
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"(slang) To beat up; to physically assault."
],
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"word": "do-over"
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"sense": "fasten clothing",
"word": "buckle"
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{
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"word": "buckle up"
},
{
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"word": "button"
},
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"sense": "fasten clothing",
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"text": "I can't do up my shirt. The button is missing."
},
{
"text": "Help me do up this zipper."
},
{
"text": "You hold it in place while I do up the nut."
}
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"text": "I'm going to do up the living room next."
},
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"text": "They've done up the house so that they can sell it more easily."
},
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"ref": "1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle",
"text": "If I had been asked what was the rent of the house, I should have said, at the most, not more than twenty pounds, — because, between you and me, it wants a good bit of doing up, and is hardly fit to live in as it stands.",
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"To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property)."
],
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"(transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property)."
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"text": "This time I'm going to do it up right."
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"To execute a task or performance."
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"(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To execute a task or performance."
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"text": "I did up the parcel with string and took it to the post office."
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"To pack together and envelop; to pack up."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To pack together and envelop; to pack up."
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"To accomplish thoroughly."
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"(transitive, archaic) To starch and iron."
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"To beat up; to physically assault."
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"(slang) To beat up; to physically assault."
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