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Meanings of fancy up in English

Portuguese
vestir
Catalan
arreglar-se

Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive.

    Related terms
    vestir
    Usage of fancy up in English
    1
    And I fancy up to now she has had her own way in everything.
    The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile Expedition
    2
    You can fancy up my excuse, or think up one of your own-I don't care which.
    Cities in Flight
    3
    And look at you, all fancied up and haristocratic, I see.
    The hunchback assignments
    4
    Haymitch and Effie are all fancied up for the occasion.
    The Hunger Games
    5
    There goes the chief, Terry, all fancied up like a bathroom on a German liner!
    Terry / A Tale of the Hill People
    6
    She was all fancied up to do housework.
    Boy’s Life
    7
    Elisandra wore one of my old dresses, hastily fancied up with ruffles of antique lace by my landlady, the seamstress.
    Summers at Castle Auburn
    8
    "That was what I myself fancied up till Monday last."
    Phyllis of Philistia
    9
    I don't know how much of it's true and how much of it's fancied up, but I've never heard or seen anything to contradict it.
    Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
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