dress up
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Definitions
Verb
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
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make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don''t try to dress up the unpleasant truth"
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put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
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dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
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dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"
Synonyms
attire
bard
barde
caparison
costume
deck out
deck up
dress
fancy up
fig out
fig up
get up
gussy up
overdress
prink
rig out
tog out
tog up
trick out
trick up
window-dress