do up

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

do (sth) up phrasal verb before or after object [ don't sth up does sth up doesn't sth up did sth up didn't sth up done sth up done sth up doing sth up ]
<E > to fasten something or become fastened
• Can you help me to do up my dress?
• Do your shoes/laces up before you trip over.
• These trousers must have shrunk - I can't do the zip up.
• Why won't this zip do up?
Opposite undo
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Fastening clothing and textiles
 
• If you put any more in that suitcase you won't be able to do it up!
• He's put on so much weight that his best trousers won't do up any more.
• This watch strap is very fiddly - can you do it up for me?
• If you don't do up the cage properly the hamster will escape.
• Does this skirt do up at the side or at the back?
Main entry: do_{phrasal verb}