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as in dresses
to put on one's best or formal clothes
we always like to dress up when going to parties
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2
as in disguises
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph
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as in spruces
to make more desirable
dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market
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as in clothes
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
the girls were dressed up in skirts or dresses, but the boys were wearing jeans
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Recent Examples of dresses up
Denim Royale features luxe finishes and denim that dresses up without losing authenticity.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
Each year, the museum dresses up in its Halloween décor and presents games, crafts, spooky stories and prizes.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
Each year, the museum dresses up in its Halloween décor and presents games, crafts, spooky stories and prizes.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dresses up
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Well, obviously Cher Horowitz dresses for the red carpet in straight-off-the-runway looks.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
22 Oct. 2025
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Gucci, the presenting sponsor since the launch of the gala in 2011, dresses many of the evening’s VIPs.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
1 Oct. 2025
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In Chad Powers, new episodes available to stream Tuesdays on Hulu, Powell plays hotshot quarterback Russ Holliday, who disguises himself as the titular football player to join a new team after tanking his own college career.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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His tryout didn't go great — but the bit did spawn an entirely new series starring Powell as a disgraced former college football star who disguises himself with prosthetics and joins the South Georgia Catfish football team.—
Kristen Baldwin,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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This masks a deeper truth about modern traveler behavior and market dynamics.—
Ascend Agency,
Oc Register,
21 Oct. 2025
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But this boom masks a deep divide.—
Erin Hogeboom,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Oct. 2025
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Such mismatched windows can be a sign that an interior wall conceals unused space or that a room has been sealed off during renovations.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Thick and fast-growing, the greenery conceals a chain-link fence that helps with crowd control between the stands and field.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Chamomile softens the flame, vanilla sweetens the smoke, and the result is all loving, never strange… a total trance.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
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Stretching it into a three-day weekend only sweetens the deal.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Incarceration often hides in plain sight.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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The scene from Badlands hangs over the songwriting like a dark cloud; Spacek’s bedroom in the scene looks quite a bit like the bedroom in which the young Springsteen hides from his own angry father.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Miami improves to 6-1 on the season (2-1 in Atlantic Coast Conference play) and is now bowl eligible after picking up its sixth win.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Over time, as battery technology improves, Goldstein also thinks eVTOLs could become bigger.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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How Zurzuvae works to help combat postpartum depression Zurzuvae enhances the effect of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a neurotransmitter that sends signals in the brain to calm nerve activity, Kelly Johnson-Arbor, MD, a toxicologist at MedStar Health, tells SELF.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
28 Oct. 2025
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In addition to speed and efficiency, FliCS enhances safety and operational flexibility.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Dresses up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dresses%20up. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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