do up

1) PHRASAL VERB If you do something up, you fasten it.

[V P n (not pron)] Mari did up the buttons...

[V n P] Keep your scarf on, do your coat up.

2) PHRASAL VERB If you do up an old building, you decorate and repair it so that it is in a better condition. [BRIT]

[V n P] Nicholas has bought a barn in Provence and is spending August doing it up. [Also V P n (not pron)]

3) PHRASAL VERB: usu passive If you say that a person or room is done up in a particular way, you mean they are dressed or decorated in that way, often a way that is rather ridiculous or extreme.

[be V-ed prep/adv] ...Beatrice, usually done up like the fairy on the Christmas tree...

[have n V-ed P] She's had her blond hair done up exactly like Jackie's.