make (sb/sth) up

— phrasal verb with make

/meɪk/ verb (made, made)

Definition

› to put make-up on your face, or on another person's face, to improve or change its appearance: She takes ages to make up in the mornings. For the film, they made him up as an Indian.Beauty treatmentsMake-up and skin care

(Definition of make (sb/sth) up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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