touch sth up
— phrasal verb with touch uk/tʌtʃ/us/tʌtʃ/verb
to improve something by making small changes or additions:
She touched up her lipstick and brushed her hair.
We thought the photo had probably been touched up, because he looked so much younger in it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- make sb/sth over
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
See more results »