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Black up

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To become or make (something) black or darker. intransitive, literally, transitive
  2. 2
    To put on or wear blackface makeup. intransitive, transitive

    "Cantor starts blacking up, right then and there, painting his face with a burnt piece of cork."

  3. 3
    To make something (e.g. a film, cast, story line, etc.) more racially black in character; blackenize. transitive

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