Thesaurus results for TOUCH UP

touch up

verb

Definition of touch up

as in to perfect

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as in to flick

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Recent Examples of touch up Soccer fans can touch up on the stadium tenant’s history there. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026 Hathaway is seen on the monitor getting her makeup touched up, while onlookers outside take pictures. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026 The Ducks killed their first six penalties of the series but have since been touched up shorthanded on three of their past four PKs, with the fourth being truncated by an Edmonton infraction. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 27 Apr. 2026 No scene brushes up against the real world more intimately than watching the girls touch up their (clean, organic) makeup before the big dance, nerves bubbling over into jealousy and sniping. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for touch up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch up

Verb

Drawing on tactics perfected during the Soviet era, the security forces have led a campaign to root out any threats to regime power.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
George and Amal Clooney have perfected the art of the staycation.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of perfect

Verb

As if to signal this iteration hasn’t completely deviated from its roots, in the show’s opening moments, Deborah Wayne coolly flicks the iconic flip-up frames made famous by Hardison’s Dwayne.

— Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Over two hours away through miles of dense forest, before any stadium lights flicked on in Summit at Southwest Mississippi Community College, Nolan’s coaches and teammates found several ways to remember their promising recruit Thursday.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of flick

Verb

Singapore’s education minister has confirmed that teachers are allowed to use caning to discipline unruly students in certain cases.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
In 1994, American teenager Michael Fay was caned at a Singaporean prison for vandalism, a day after his sentence was reduced from six lashes to four in response to an appeal by President Bill Clinton.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026

Definition of cane

Verb

Contractors revised their plans, and additional testing was conducted to address community concerns about possible asbestos in the structure.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Top Plays from Bears @ Titans To be clear, the first version will likely be revised and massaged before the Bears arrive at their first meaningful practice of Week 1.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of revise

Verb

The threat of shortages pushed countries across Asia to impose export bans, cut import duties, and start rationing fuel to maintain supplies.

— Katie Silver, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Unlike the heavy smoky eyes and cut creases of the 2010s, this trend is throwing it back to the 1990s when smoky eyes were more minimalist.

— Elle Turner, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026