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Definition of 'dress up'

Verb

  1. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
       Synonyms: fig out fig up deck up gussy up fancy up trick up deck out trick out prink attire get up rig out tog up tog out overdress
       Antonyms: dress down underdress
  2. make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"
       Synonyms: window-dress
  3. put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
       Synonyms: caparison bard barde
  4. dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
       Synonyms: costume
  5. dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"
       Synonyms: dress


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