red up
verb1
Literally To become or make (something) red in color.
2
Alternative Alternative form of redd up.
- 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:
- 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:
1 more example
- In seminary, they teach us to red up by ourselves.2010, Samuel Miller, A Place Called Hexie, →ISBN, page 110:
3
To put on or wear redface makeup.