Do up: fasten or close most types of clothes.
e.g. Do up your
coat because it is raining.
Do your
coat up because it is raining (separable phrasal verb)
In this
province you have to do up your seatbelt when you're in a car.
Most people
laughed because he had done up his shirt incorrectly. One side was higher
than the other.
I had
forgotten to do up my bag and all my stuff fell out when I bent down to do up my
shoelaces.
Though this is used for most types of clothes we have more
specific verbs you can use instead. See the chart below.
do up
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undo
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Zippers
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zip (up)
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unzip
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Buttons
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Button (up)
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unbutton
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Shoelaces, skate laces
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tie (up)
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untie
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Shoelaces, skate laces
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lace (up)
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unlace
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Seatbelts
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buckle (up)
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unbuckle
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e.g. Please button
up your shirt because this is a formal dinner party.
Your are
going to trip because your shoelace isn't tied up.
He didn't
realized that he hadn't zipped up his pants when he left the washroom until his students
started laughing.
When they
experienced turbulence, the Captain asked them to buckle up.
Lesson 5 Word Family Quiz
(fill out the chart: Use an X if there is no noun or verb in
the word family) Click the answer button in the top right corner to see the answers. Good luck.
adjective
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noun
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verb
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strong
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long
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wide
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deep
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short
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weak
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