dress sth up
— phrasal verb with dress uk/dres/us/dres/verb
If you dress something up, you add something to it in order to make it seem more interesting or pleasing than it really is:
I thought I'd dress up the frozen pizza with a few extra tomatoes and olives.
Politicians tried to dress up the bill as a bold new strategy for combating poverty.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Decorating or making something attractive
- accessorize
- adorn
- adornment
- beautify
- bedeck
- embellish
- festoon
- flatter
- flock
- garland
- glam
- glam (yourself) up
- ornamentation
- ornate
- pimp
- prettify
- redecorate
- twiddly
- window dressing
- zhuzh
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