Zip Sth Meaning Button Shoelace Secure Synonym Fasten

Meaning: If you do up a zip, a button, or a shoelace, you secure it in some way.

• do up sth Don't forget to do up your fly after you go to the toilet.
  
  
• do sth up Do you think I should do these shirt buttons up, or leave them undone?
  
  

Nouns often used as objects with do up (2): fly, zip, zipper, buttons, shoelaces, bag, dress, tent