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dress up

1. phrasal verb
If you dress up or dress yourself up, you put on different clothes, in order to make yourself look smarter than usual or to disguise yourself.
You do not need to dress up for dinner. [VERB PARTICLE]
I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing. [VPin/as n]
Little girls dress up as angels for fiestas. [VP + as]
[Also + in]
2. phrasal verb
If you dress someone up, you give them special clothes to wear, in order to make them look smarter or to disguise them.
Mother loved to dress me up. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
3. phrasal verb
If you dress something up, you try to make it seem more attractive, acceptable, or interesting than it really is.
Politicians dress up their ruthless ambition as a pursuit of the public good. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
However you dress it up, a bank only exists to lend money. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
4.  See also dressed up, dressing-up
More Synonyms of dress up
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dress up in British English

verb (adverb)
1. 
to attire (oneself or another) in one's best clothes
2. 
to put fancy dress, disguise, etc, on (oneself or another), as in children's games
let's dress up as ghosts!
3. (transitive)
to improve the appearance or impression of
it's no good trying to dress up the facts

dress up in American English

1. 
to dress in formal clothes, or in clothes more elegant, showy, etc. than one usually wears
2. 
to improve the appearance of, as by decorating
See full dictionary entry for dress

Examples of 'dress up' in a sentence
dress up

I had them dress up like those pictures in one of her books.
Arthur, Robert THREE IN ONE
And I told her, because when you dress up, and make up, and act, you're somebody else.
Trenhalle, John A MEANS TO EVIL
`I don't know why I even bother to dress up in all these gorgeous clothes you buy for me.
Spellman, Cathy Cash PAINT THE WIND (1990)

In other languages
dress up

British English: dress up /drɛs ʌp/ VERB
If you dress up, you put on different clothes, in order to look smarter or to disguise yourself.
You do not need to dress up for dinner.
  • American English: dress up
  • Arabic: يَتَأَنَّقُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: vestir-se bem
  • Chinese: 精心打扮
  • Croatian: urediti se
  • Czech: nastrojit se
  • Danish: tage pænt tøj på
  • Dutch: uitdossen
  • European Spanish: ponerse elegante
  • Finnish: pukeutua hienosti
  • French: s’habiller bien
  • German: feinmachen (sich)
  • Greek: βάζω τα καλά μου
  • Italian: vestirsi in modo elegante
  • Japanese: 盛装する
  • Korean: 잘 차려입다
  • Norwegian: pynte (seg)
  • Polish: wystroić
  • European Portuguese: vestir-se bem
  • Romanian: a se găti
  • Russian: наряжаться
  • Latin American Spanish: ponerse elegante
  • Swedish: klä ut (sig)
  • Thai: แต่งตัวอย่างสวยงาม
  • Turkish: süslenmek
  • Ukrainian: вбиратися
  • Vietnamese: ăn diện

Chinese translation of 'dress up'

dress up

vi

  1. (= wear best clothes) 穿上盛装(裝) (chuānshàng shèngzhuāng)
  2. to dress up as (in fancy dress) 化装(裝)成 (huàzhuāng chéng)
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1 (phrasal verb) 
She dressed up as a witch.
Synonyms
put on fancy dress
wear a costume
disguise yourself
2 (phrasal verb) 
Definition
to put on formal clothes
He did not feel obliged to dress up for the cameras.
Synonyms
dress formally
dress for dinner
doll yourself up (slang)
put on your best bib and tucker (informal)
put on your glad rags (informal)
See dress

Nearby words of
dress up

  • dress down
  • dress someone down
  • dress something up
  • dress up
  • dressing
  • dressmaker
  • dressy

Related terms of
dress up

  • dress something up

Synonyms of 'dress up'

dress up

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