suit up

phrasal verb

suited up; suiting up; suits up
US
: to put on a uniform or special clothing
The players are suiting up for the game.
The divers suited up.

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Wade suited up next to Butler on a chippy if ill-fitting, Chicago squad. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025 Kerr expects Wiggins to suit up against the Raptors. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025 But Hurts practiced on Thursday, and the Eagles waived their No. 4 quarterback Ian Book, all of which points to the strong likelihood that Hurts will suit up on Sunday. Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 Ditto for Markarian’s Alexandra O’Neill, who has suited up Jill Biden for key global photo-ops, and Dennis Basso, who has taken a bipartisan approach to dressing political figures and their families. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for suit up 

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“Suit up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suit%20up. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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