red up

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

1. 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.

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