"done up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more done up [comparative], most done up [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} done up (comparative more done up, superlative most done up)
  1. (colloquial, obsolete) Worn-out, exhausted. Tags: colloquial, obsolete
    Sense id: en-done_up-en-adj-5c17iiX9

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} done up
  1. past participle of do up Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: do up
    Sense id: en-done_up-en-verb-kBUEJ-w- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

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