get dressed up

Example Sentences

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You’ve got to get dressed up, so I wore a suit.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2024

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 get dressed up for these little meetings too.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini