black up
black up
To wear makeup meant to approximate black skin; to wear blackface. The senator has been under fire after a photo of her from high school shows her blacking up for a Halloween party in 1992. There are a few countries with traditional festivals and ceremonies for which blacking up is not considered a social taboo.
See also: black, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- wear a wire
- dress for
- dress for (someone or something)
- wear the pants in the house
- freeball
- freeballing
- sunshades
- civvies
- eaten
- buy cheap, buy twice