Doctor up In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "doctor up", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-08-06 04:08

Meaning of Doctor up

Doctor up phrase

To employ some simple medical practices to cure a minor injury, especially before a doctor comes or before the person can be taken to a hospital.

 

Doctor John up first and then take him to the hospital.

Doctoring someone up is one of the basic medical practices that everyone should know.

To falsify or make changes to something in order to make improvements to it or to trick someone.
 

Mary got a scolding from her dad when he noticed that she had doctored up this test score.

Dating online is so unreliable because the images that you see might all be doctored up.

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To revise, adapt, or customize something to fit someone or something

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To change  a situation to fit in with one's wishes or needs

Grammar and Usage of Doctor up

Verb Forms

  • doctored up
  • doctoring up

The verb "doctor" must be conjugated according to its tense.

 

Origin of Doctor up

Meaning "to treat as a doctor, administer medical treatment to" is from 1712; sense of "alter, disguise for the purpose of deception, falsify" is from 1774.

The Origin Cited: Etymology .
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