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Meanings of dressed to kill in English

Dressed in fancy or formal clothing.

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Usage of dressed to kill in English
1
Mouth gagged, hands tied, but dressed to kill, opry coat and everything!
Triple Spies
2
Harry was dressed to kill, as always, looking slick and polished.
The unnatural inquirer
3
You know, Ms. Deloche, you are surely dressed to kill.
Fortunate harbor
4
I suppose they will all be dressed to kill.
Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore
5
He was a little cuss an' dressed to kill, with gloves on, an' all that.
Under Handicap / A Novel
6
That was when Micky Maguire arrived, dressed to kill in his best bib and tucker.
Complete Books of Blood
7
Mid-thirties, dressed to kill, long loose blonde hair, gorgeous.
The Princess Bride
8
I met him several years afterward in Denver, Colorado, dressed to kill, barbered, and highly perfumed.
Reed Anthony, Cowman: An Autobiography
9
She's dressed to kill, just the same.
Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch; Or, The Old Mexican's Treasure
10
Imagine Del dressed to kill, fluttering her eyelashes and deliberately aiming all that sex appeal at you.
Love- from his point of view!
11
Who knew he was dressed to kill?
Ebony
12
But the lad approaching the wagon was " dressed to kill clams," as Andy laughingly expressed it.
Frank and Andy Afloat; Or, The Cave on the Island
13
Sam says he looked quite beaming, and was dressed to kill, and followed Harriet around like her shadow.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
14
In other words, while the rest of the CIC crew was dressed to impress, Max was dressed to kill.
To Honor You Call Us
15
I was dressed to kill in a conservative forest-green business suit that I'd hastily appropriated from Madame's Valentino collection.
French pressed
16
When she came within the radius of my poor vision I saw that she was a beauty and dressed to kill.
Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography