decked out

idiom

1
: dressed in a very fancy way
We got all decked out for the occasion.
often + in
She was decked out in furs.
guys decked out in fancy tuxedos
2
: decorated in a fancy way
often + with
a room decked out with hundreds of little lights

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Moss played his college football at Marshall, but he was decked out in Carolina blue cheering on the Tar Heels. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Osaka’s Labubus at Flushing Meadows have sported varying color schemes and nicknames, all decked out with shiny get-ups. Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025 At a special meeting the week after the agreement was authorized, Harding addressed the board in a crowded room full of parents and students, many of them decked out in purple Wildcats shirts and ballcaps. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025 In a sequence that kicks off with a dance break alongside Colman Domingo dressed in drag, Carpenter wears a whimsical metallic fringe chainmail halter top with matching arm cuffs and a pair of mirrorball bottoms decked out in ruffles and sequins. Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for decked out

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“Decked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decked%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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