get dressed

idiom

: to put on clothes
It's time to get out of bed and get dressed.

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Maestro Victor DeRenzi, the Opera’s artistic director since 1982, who just announced his departure from the company, said guests of Sarasota’s opera need not get dressed in ballgowns and tuxedos—or anything close. Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025 Dunst shivers half-naked, desperate to get dressed, as one lady after another barges in, each ranking higher than the last entitled to present the queen’s garment—grinding the already painstaking Cérémonie du Lever (or rising ceremony) to a halt, all in the name of etiquette. Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 29 Dec. 2025 And you, and we'd like get dressed in the car and eat our Cheerios and, and go skiing as a family for the day. Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2025 To get dressed took three people and a long time. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for get dressed

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“Get dressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20dressed. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.

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