dresses up

verb

Definition of dresses upnext
present tense third-person singular of dress up
1
as in dresses
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 disguises
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 candies
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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4
as in clothes
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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“Dresses up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dresses%20up. Accessed 31 Jan. 2023.

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