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.
See also:
  • 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