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touch up

• make small improvements to the appearance or finish of something.
• "these paints are handy for touching up small areas on walls or ceilings"
Similar: repaint, patch up, retouch, renovate, refurbish, spruce up, restore, revive, renew, revamp, brush up, rehabilitate, overhaul, recondition, refresh, rejuvenate, enhance, beautify, do something up, give something a facelift, titivate, improve, gloss, dress up, embellish, embroider, finish off, round off, perfect, update, upgrade, bring up to date, modernize, revise, redo, polish up, rewrite, edit,
• touch or fondle someone without their consent for one's own sexual pleasure.
• "he was sacked after one of his pupils accused him of touching her up"
Similar: fondle, molest, feel up, grope, paw, maul, goose, cop a feel,

touch-up noun

• a quick improvement made to the appearance of something.
• "the hotels had undergone more than the customary touch-ups and refurbishing"


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