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
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
I, for instance, have been known to employ an umbrella, especially on those occasions when I go against the regional grain and get dressed up in something besides fleece and hiking boots.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022
“You don’t usually ask me to get dressed up and take me out. I’m even wearing shoes.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
