get dressed up
Example Sentences
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You're going to get dressed up to go to church, but what's going on at home, what's the mess that people aren't seeing that you guys are hiding?
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2024
"I get dressed up in my full regalia - lab coat, rosette and two foot high hat - and go door-to-door asking for signatures," he says.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023
But it’s kind of reminding me of the Sr. experience,” says Downey Jr. “You get dressed up, you try a character and we’re going to film it.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2022
Leah: We’re going to go home, clean up and get dressed up, and now we’re going to Elizabeth’s Gone Raw for a nice, long, luxurious prix fixe meal.
From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2022
“C’mon. I did not get dressed up to stand around.”
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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