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expression is a phrasal verb and it is to do something up.

To do something up.

Now what does this mean to do something up?

For example, I'm going to do dinner up.

I'm going to do dinner up. I'm going to do myself up.

If you say I'm going to do dinner up, that means you are going to make a very special dinner.

There's going to be a main course with a couple of vegetables and maybe a soup. There might be a

appetizer. An appetizer is something small to eat before the main meal. You're going to make a dessert

and probably everything will be homemade.

It's going to be delicious and very special.

So do you do dinner up every day?

No, not usually.

It's especially for a special occasion, like maybe somebody's birthday. If you're going to do yourself up,

that means you are going to make yourself look really good. You're going to take a shower,

you're going to maybe get a haircut, you're going to put on very nice clothes. If you're a woman,

you might put on some makeup and a dress, and you're going to look your best. So when do you do yourself up?

You do yourself up when you go on a date.

Or perhaps if you go to a wedding.

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