touched up; touching up; touches up
1
: to improve or perfect by small additional strokes or alterations : fix the minor and usually visible defects or damages of
2
: to stimulate by or as if by a flick of a whip
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 2 July 2024
But generally speaking, clients who take Reeve’s two-session approach should enjoy a few years of facial hair bliss before a touch-up is necessary.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 27 June 2024
Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 26 June 2024
During the moment, Travis, who was dressed in a tuxedo, top hat and Christian Louboutin shoes, stepped in for the dancer who usually carries Swift during the segment and pretended to touch up her face with powder.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
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Noun
Towne did touch-up script work on The Godfather, Bonnie and Clyde and some other important films of the era, but his breakthrough came with The Last Detail.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 2 July 2024
But generally speaking, clients who take Reeve’s two-session approach should enjoy a few years of facial hair bliss before a touch-up is necessary.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 27 June 2024
Verb
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—Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 26 June 2024
During the moment, Travis, who was dressed in a tuxedo, top hat and Christian Louboutin shoes, stepped in for the dancer who usually carries Swift during the segment and pretended to touch up her face with powder.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
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“Touch-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch-up. Accessed 14 Jul. 2024.
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