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 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 Oludele suggests following with edge control to touch up your hairline. — Danielle James, Allure, 22 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

Both Ava and Jade are part of the cohort of young—often teenage—married influencers who have gone viral in the last couple months by mimicking the content formula perfected by their tradwife forebears.

— Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026
Daunt is apprehensive about what this could mean for the individual bookstores’ management, which has been perfected since his arrival as CEO.

— Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of perfect

Verb

Within a few minutes, Hutchinson has his mobile out, happily flicking through the screensavers.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
The toads had gone rogue, consuming native frogs, birds, insects, small marsupials, even Ping-Pong balls and cigarette butts flicked toward them at pubs—almost everything except the swarms of sugarcane beetles they had been imported to feed on.

— Kimon de Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of flick

Verb

Under this law, employers are required to take steps to protect workers, such as providing protective respirators and using water to suppress dust, when employees are cutting, grinding or polishing slabs.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Firestar operated a large factory inside Surat’s Special Economic Zone, a duty-free enclave that allowed the company to cut, polish and manufacture jewelry for export markets.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of polish

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

That sort of power is no surprise to Tigers faithful — Valencia has clubbed 41 home runs over his prior 787 MiLB at-bats spanning back to 2025.

— John Laghezza, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Francisco Alvarez, meanwhile, clubbed a 401-foot solo home run — his 12th homer of the year — in the eighth inning against reliever Evan Phillips.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

Definition of club

Verb

When medications are unavailable because of shortages or become unaffordable because of coverage changes, practices are left managing patient frustration, identifying alternatives, and revising treatment plans.

— Jeffrey Millstein, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
The committee later revised its plans for Air Base, instead moving the entire student body to the slightly bigger Mandarin Lakes campus.

— Austin Horn August 11, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of revise

Verb

However, a dangerous push to cut these crucial programs, especially in Africa, risks repeating past errors and ceding influence to competitors.

— James K. Glassman, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Sears carried it wide, cut inside center-back Rafaelle, and fired past Moorhouse for the goal.

— Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026