dress up

verb

Definition of dress upnext
1
as in to dress
to put on one's best or formal clothes we always like to dress up when going to parties

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2
as in to disguise
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph

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3
as in to candy
to make more desirable dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market

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as in to clothe
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes the girls were dressed up in skirts or dresses, but the boys were wearing jeans

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