Usage of "dressed-up"

Dressed in fancy or formal clothing.

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Examples for "dressed"

The gentry dressed in one fashion; the working classes dressed in another. 
 A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III 

Louis Armstrong's new tailor asked him if he dressed left or right. 
 Black Deutschland 

There's that perfectly formed, immaculately dressed young group in the second row. 
 The Irish Times 

Democratic opposition groups dispatched staffers dressed as robots to Rubio's campaign events. 
 The Guardian 

Al Qaeda members dressed as soldiers would have taken over several cities. 
 BBC 

As usual, he was dressed to the nines and looked very divine. 
 Eve of darkness 

They were dressed to the nines to attend church and community affairs. 
 Ebony 

There's Smiler about town as bold as brass, and dressed to the nines. 
 The Eustace Diamonds 

And everyone is dressed to the nines, my father said. 
 Winter’s Tale 

Halle, smart, efficient, dressed to the nines on the outside, insecure on the inside. 
 Solomon's oak: a novel 

Mouth gagged, hands tied, but dressed to kill, opry coat and everything! 
 Triple Spies 

Harry was dressed to kill, as always, looking slick and polished. 
 The unnatural inquirer 

You know, Ms. Deloche, you are surely dressed to kill. 
 Fortunate harbor 

I suppose they will all be dressed to kill. 
 Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore 

He was a little cuss an' dressed to kill, with gloves on, an' all that. 
 Under Handicap / A Novel 

The new Chief had dolled up in full uniform for this visit. 
 Under the dome: a novel 

You see I am getting all dolled up for my Sammy Boy. 
 The Real Dope 

She shipped a while back, and just come home all dolled up. 
 The Fighting Shepherdess 

Several of us have got all dolled up for the occasion. 
 The Irish Times 

Basically it was a sporty planet hopper dolled up to something it wasn't. 
 The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide 

Combat has been spruced up for when you need to engage enemies. 
 The South African 

All modernized and spruced up with a change of name-LakesideHoliday Homes. 
 The lake 

It feels like a budget car spruced up to attract premium customers. 
 News.com.au 

So James spruced up and duly presented himself at the study door. 
 The Man on the Box 

They just seem like spruced up versions of what we already got. 
 The new yorker 

One evening, as I sat pondering Jimmy Page, Jackson arrived, all spiffed up. 
 I’m With the Band 

They're spiffed up with fancy saddles, braided harnesses, ornate spurs, and elaborate whips. 
 Reuters 

I spiffed up my makeup and put a few hot rollers in my hair. 
 Two for the dough 

The place had been spiffed up considerably since the last time he had been here. 
 Gravity 

Everybody else, including Unk, was all spiffed up. 
 The Sirens of Titan 

Meet me about half-past seven, Walter, up in the room, all togged up. 
 The Silent Bullet 

It was Del Mar, all togged up and carrying a magazine in his hand. 
 The Romance of Elaine / Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" 

Observe my lady in curl-papers and my lady togged up for a dinner party. 
 The Woman Beautiful; or, The Art of Beauty Culture 

The next day they came to a party at the Settlement House togged up in their plunder. 
 The Precipice: A Novel 

On'y, if I was togged up regardless on a night like this I'd blue a cab fare. 
 Number Seventeen 

Ús de dressed-up en anglès

The Last Dance: Is the Michael Jordan documentary a dressed-up puff piece? 
 The Guardian 

However, CFOs now see investment as a dressed-up word for cost. 
 The Irish Times 

Among these and the others were dressed-up children with oiled hair. 
 The Awakening / (The Resurrection) 

He seemed to know all about these dressed-up, chattering female traitors. 
 Transgression: a novel of love and war 

The populace followed at some distance, gazing with reverence on these dressed-up fools. 
 Look Back on Happiness 

Aunt Maria, to Maria's mind, was very much dressed-up that evening. 
 By the Light of the Soul: A Novel 

That's why us kids don't like you, you're such a silly, dressed-up doll. 
 Lydia of the Pines 

Highlight: This dressed-up, performance oriented workhorse is equipped with a standard 6-speed manual transmission. 
 Ebony 

Only lately have we come to see disruption as a dressed-up version of scab-ism. 
 Wired 

Is the latest breach-of-contract claim a dressed-up rehash of an unsuccessful copyright infringement lawsuit? 
 Reuters 

Couldn't remember her ever asking for one or playing with even a dressed-up corncob. 
 The well and the mine 

Unions and investors have often complained they are little more than dressed-up retention payments. 
 Reuters 

By half-past nine dressed-up children were flitting along the side streets hurrying their seniors. 
 The Court of Boyville 

I wish there were fewer of these dressed-up old ballet masters promenading our streets. 
 Emile 

Those two Vinck girls are no better than dressed-up monkeys. 
 Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River 

The Beechams were not surprised at Nico's dressed-up daintiness when she called for them. 
 Across the Fruited Plain 

Significats de dressed-up en anglès