Car Make Sth English Meaning Building Boat Repairing

Meaning: If you do up an old building, car, boat, etc., you make it look new again by repairing it, painting it, and so on.

• do sth up Mike makes money by buying old houses and then doing them up and selling them.
  
  
• do up sth Uncle Bill likes to do up old cars and make them look as good as new.
  
  

Nouns often used as objects with do up (1): house, apartment, room, car, motorbike, boat

Variety: Thisis typically used in British and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.