Sekirov Dictionary

dress up

verb 5
dress-up noun 1
forms 3

verb5

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To put on special or fancy clothes.
- Everyone dressed up for the graduation ball.
- I want a job where I don't have to dress up.
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To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person.
- We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure.
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To put a costume on (someone) portraying them as a particular type of character or well-known person.
- The cat hated when they dressed him up for Halloween.
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To present in a favorable light.
- You can dress up that proposal however you want; it's still going to go over like a lead balloon.
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To decorate; to prettify.
- Mistress, your father prays you leave your books, And help to dress your sister’s chamber up: You know to-morrow is the wedding-day. — 1590

dress-up noun1

A child's game of putting on different clothes and pretending to be different people.

forms

dressed up · dressing up · dresses up

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