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  • Definition
    • dress up :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

    • dress up :make something appear superficially attractive
      • The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data|Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth

    • dress up :put a caparison on
      • caparison the horses for the festive occasion

    • dress up :dress in a costume
      • We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins

    • dress up :dress in a certain manner
      • She dresses in the latest Paris fashion|he dressed up in a suit and tie

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