dress up
Definition of dress up
transitive verb
1 : to make more attractive, glamorous, or fancy dress up a plain dessert with a rich chocolate sauce
2a : to attire in best or formal clothesb : to attire in clothes suited to a particular role
3 : to present in the most attractive or impressive light a fiasco dressed up as a triumph
intransitive verb
: to get dressed up
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Examples of dress up in a Sentence
we always like to dress up when going to parties
the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph
First Known Use of dress up
1635
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