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red up en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive, literally, transitive) To become or make (something) red in color.
2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of redd up.
   alt of redd up
   • Mom asks if you'll wait a minute, please, sir, while she reds up a little. 1987, Robert Steelman, Blood and Dust, →ISBN, page 402:
   • In seminary, they teach us to red up by ourselves. 2010, Samuel Miller, A Place Called Hexie, →ISBN, page 110:
   • When they had red up the house, the Auld Licht lassies sat in the gloaming at their doors on three-legged stools, patiently knitting stockings. 1888, J. M. Barrie, Auld Licht Idylls:
3. (intransitive, transitive) To put on or wear redface makeup.

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