AAVE and urban slang phrase meaning to party hard, go all out, or make the most of an occasion — essentially telling someone to have the best possible time. Used as an enthusiastic imperative or affirmation. It can also mean to handle a task with maximum effort or style. The phrase is broadly positive and celebratory, typically heard at parties, before going out, or in hype-up conversation. Widely used in hip-hop culture and Black American social contexts.
It's your birthday — do it up tonight, we're not going home early.
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AAVE slang meaning to party hard, celebrate intensely, or have a wild, uninhibited time. The do it up construction amplifies the base verb do it with completive up, pushing the action to its fullest possible extent. Used as an exhortation (let's do it up tonight) or a description of something that already happened. Energy is high and the connotation is celebratory and unambiguous.
It was the last night before she moved cross-country, so they decided to do it up properly.
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(slang, AAVE) To party; to have a wild time.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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