touch up | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,transitive)To make slightcorrectionsoradjustmentsto; tofill inorperfect.Use a small brush totouch upthe paint anywhere it is uneven.; (UK,idiomatic,transitive)Tofondleor togropesomeone, usually in an inappropriate way.The creep was trying totouch upmy girlfriend.2019,Copi, “Eva Perón”, inFour Plays,Alma Books,→ISBN:I think you remember him! He made me go into the back of his shop and hetouched me up, do you remember? And afterwards we shared out the money from the Cinzano. In the end he got round to doing something disgusting, that guy, something disgusting, quite disgusting.

Examples:

EN: Darling, I just want to touch up my lips.
ES: Querido, sólo quiero retocar mis labios.
EN: He's too old. He needed a "touch up"!
ES: Si tu perro está reviejo, ya necesitaba una pintada.
EN: Listen, go touch up a little bit.
ES: Escuche, vaya a retocarse un poco.
EN: Ethel used to go out to his place all the time and touch up his hair where it gets gray.
ES: Sí.
EN: With some luck we'll be in touch up to the night of the 14th.
ES: -Lo es. Podremos seguir en contacto hasta el 14.
EN: I think you'd better touch up the gray a little bit.
ES: - Retócate las canas.
EN: Well,just touch up one of these old obituaries... you wrote the times he was reported killed before.
ES: Arregle una de las que redactó cuando le dieron por muerto antes.
EN: I'll just touch up my hair.
ES: Voy a arreglarme el pelo.
EN: I want to touch up her rear end.
ES: Quería arreglarle un poquito las piernas.
EN: Mamacita, touch up.
ES: Mamacita, retoque.
EN: Perhaps he has friends that like to touch up their lip-stick?
ES: Tal vez él tiene amigas que lo usan para retocarse con el lápiz labial?
EN: Still supple, beautiful tones, just need a touch up here and there.
ES: Bello, flexible, sólo necesita unos retoques.
EN: See, we'd never slept together before... and her breasts would touch up against me.
ES: Nunca habíamos dormido juntas antes... y sus pechos me rozaban.
EN: He recommended that the old boss touch up his tattoos.
ES: Y otro hombre tuvo la idea de que le matara mientras era tatuado...
EN: Go touch up your sister!
ES: ¡Ve a tocar a tu hermana!

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