do up

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And on Friday, one subcontractor told the BBC his firm would do up to 15 drop-offs daily from a hotel in south east London to a doctors surgery around two miles away.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Principal characters like Ventimiglia will typically do up to 120 poses — all to make sure the nuances of someone’s face are captured.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

As they say, Blinken is on a high wire right now—and he’s got a lot of balancing to do up there.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023

“Some of the things that they do up front with their line movement, stuff like that is pretty good,” he said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 26, 2022

Good—there would be fewer to do up in the morning.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers