red up

red up (third-person singular simple present reds up, present participle redding up, simple past and past participle redded up or red up)

1. (transitive, intransitive, literally) To become or make (something) red in color.
2. Alternative form of redd up
   • 1888, J. M. Barrie, Auld Licht Idylls:

     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.

   • 1987, Robert Steelman, Blood and Dust, →ISBN, page 402:

     Mom asks if you'll wait a minute, please, sir, while she reds up a little.

   • 2010, Samuel Miller, A Place Called Hexie, →ISBN, page 110:

     In seminary, they teach us to red up by ourselves.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To put on or wear redface makeup.

• Dupre, Prude, drupe, duper, perdu, prude, pured