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as in dressed up
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as in rigged (out)
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as in dressed
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as in clothed
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
all decked out in our finest outfits for the wedding
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Recent Examples of decked (out)
Chaz Nathaniel Young, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2025
Adjective
Multiple train exhibits and passenger trains across the country -- and the world -- are decked-out in holiday gear in full swing through the Christmas season.
—Chaz Nathaniel Young, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decked (out)
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On Thursday morning, clad in his pajamas, Garcia, 55, shot both his sister and mother in back bedrooms inside the first-floor apartment before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Cruz, wearing a Santa hat, shimmied behind a boogieing Victoria, 51, clad in a form-fitting grey dress.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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To have a charismatic muse like Bond at the center—dressed in a Jonathan Anderson bubble dress, no less—is only icing on the cake.—
Laura Regensdorf,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2026
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The theft follows a similar incident in December, when members of the same group flooded into a Montreal grocery store dressed as Santa Clause and his elves, stealing food and leaving some of it gift-wrapped under a nearby Christmas tree.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Organizers even dressed up in period pieces.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Flowy, elevated lounge pants that can be dressed up or down?—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Decked (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decked%20%28out%29. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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