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as in to dress
to put on one's best or formal clothes
we always like to dress up when going to parties
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as in to disguise
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph
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as in to clothe
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
the girls were dressed up in skirts or dresses, but the boys were wearing jeans
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Recent Examples of dress up
Today, the grand establishment is a regular stop for visitors to Atlantis who want to dress up and dine on fare that brings classic French cuisine together with local Bahamian ingredients, especially fish like an array of snapper.
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Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Add Hints of Gold Gold is a classy way to dress up your decor, even without the cliche pots of gold.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2025
Just one week before her death, she got dressed up in one of her sharpest suits and left home to meet with her lawyers.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
There’s a sense that the workplace is where children get to dress up as adults, with all of the tantalizing power—and peril—that being a grownup entails.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
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Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Add Hints of Gold Gold is a classy way to dress up your decor, even without the cliche pots of gold.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2025
Just one week before her death, she got dressed up in one of her sharpest suits and left home to meet with her lawyers.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
There’s a sense that the workplace is where children get to dress up as adults, with all of the tantalizing power—and peril—that being a grownup entails.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dress up
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The second man was found lying on a bed fully dressed and wearing black gloves, police said.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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There may be no more magical feeling than catching sight of the aurora borealis while dressed in a bathrobe and slippers on a boat.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
21 Mar. 2025
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Many Tesla owners have reported selling their vehicles or disguising them as being from a different maker out of shame or fear.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2025
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The harpist is Merlin, disguised, though the members of court realize this only long afterward.—
Alan Yuhas,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The whisky offers a smooth profile with hints of cooked cereal/malt, toffee sweetness, honey, candied citrus zest and light peat smoke.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Dessert—an apple candied with rose petals, gleaming like a jewel—proved impossible to resist.—
Sasha Pinto,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2025
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Thousands of demonstrators clad in canary-yellow soccer jerseys thronged Copacabana Beach this month in support of a leader accused of conspiring to overthrow Brazil’s young democracy.—
Constance Malleret,
The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Mar. 2025
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As noted in a 2016 Smithsonian report, merchant ships clad with the dazzle pattern during the war were reportedly granted lower insurance premiums.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
20 Mar. 2025
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Wearing a look inspired by Barbie herself, Margot Robbie dolls up at this year's Gotham Awards on Nov. 27 in N.Y.C. 43 of 80 Night to Remember Bradley Cooper waves to onlookers outside of the 2023 Gotham Awards in New York City on Nov. 27.—
Zoey Lyttle,
Peoplemag,
30 Nov. 2023
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To further doll up your kitchen, Hilton’s main cutlery set features eight luxuriously golden knives with soft pink handles and gold accents.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2023
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Many are masked, at least three are carrying bats or sticks, and one is armed with an assault rifle.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2025
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As for the buyer, their identity was also masked by an LLC, in this case 1388 Group Inc., which lists an address in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and is owned by Huisha Zhen.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
28 Mar. 2025
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Today’s Amazon deals are all about sprucing things up: your desktop setup, your tablet experience, and your audio at home or the beach.—
Shubham Yewale,
PCMAG,
20 Feb. 2025
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Pick from a number of different toppings to spruce it up, but if your stomach is feeling a little uneasy, order a plain bowl to help settle it down.—
Christina Liao,
Vogue,
27 Dec. 2024
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It is believed they are drawn to these smells to claim their territory or camouflage their scent, which dogs often do by rolling around near the odor.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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The octopus, with dexterous arms and camouflaging abilities, excels at extracting prey from crevices and hiding spots, commonly using a technique called a web-over.—
Jake Parks,
Discover Magazine,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Dress up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dress%20up. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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