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dresses up

VERB

put on one's best clothes

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attire clothe deck out embellish spruce up

WEAK

array beautify fit out fix up gussy up improve overdress preen prettify primp prink slick smarten spiff up titivate

Antonyms

WEAK

dress casually dress down

Example Sentences

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Toron the mascot dresses up as a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

They largely portrayed Rubin as a retiree who dresses up as characters from “Frozen” to make his grandchildren laugh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

None of the women she dresses up to be are natural parts of her.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025

He’s among many here embracing Bukele fervor — he occasionally even dresses up as the president and walks around the city center.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

But one of the staff dresses up like Santa and tosses bags of candy out of a Santa sack.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko