dress_up

[dress_up]

Put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"

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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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dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"

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dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"

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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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Usage Examples

No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.

My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.'

I've always wanted to get into acting, ever since I was younger. I'd put on shows for my family and run around play dress-up all the time. I think I was 4 when I told them I wanted to do movies.

There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.

I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?

I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.

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Other Usage Examples

The aesthetic came along the way, I think - just through experimenting, and going on tour, and trying stuff out on stage, having fun with it, and not taking it too seriously. If I had a ballgown at home, I'd wear it onstage. If I found something in a charity shop, I'd wear it. That's where it grew from - just wanting to play dress-up.

At home it's all Batman and Star Wars and they do gang up on me. Sometimes I don't want to dress up as Darth Vader or play train sets, so I'll go out for a drink with the girls.

I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.

Some people know that they are so adorable looking, all they have to do is smile and dress up and they get plenty from that. Then there are some of us who, early on, see that that doesn't work. So we joke about it.

I did get to keep the wedding dresses from 'Runaway Bride'. They're all boxed up in my garage. I've never opened them. It'll be fun one day when Hazel is taller. She can play dress-up with her friends.

Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something.

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