dress up to the nines

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• dress (up) to the nines — phrase to put on extremely fashionable or formal clothes, usually to go to a special event Thesaurus: to put on or be wearing clothes and to dress other peoplesynonym to remove clothes and not wear clotheshyponym Main entry: dress …   Useful english dictionary

• dress — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 piece of clothing ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, elegant, gorgeous ▪ plain, simple ▪ She looked elegant in a simple black dress. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• dress — dress1 [ dres ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive to put on clothes. This verb is common in writing, but when you are speaking it is more usual to say that you get dressed: It only took her ten minutes to shower and dress. a ) transitive to put clothes… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dress */*/*/ — I UK [dres] / US verb Word forms dress : present tense I/you/we/they dress he/she/it dresses present participle dressing past tense dressed past participle dressed 1) [intransitive] to put on clothes. This verb is common in writing, but when you… …   English dictionary

• dressed to the nines — ➡ formal and informal dress * * * …   Universalium

• dressed to the nines — adjective dressed in fancy or formal clothing • Syn: ↑dressed, ↑dressed up, ↑dressed to kill, ↑dolled up, ↑spruced up, ↑spiffed up, ↑togged up • Similar to: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• List of gangs in the Grand Theft Auto series — The Grand Theft Auto series of video games features a myriad of fictional gangs and criminal organizations of various ethnicities, histories and activities, which have served as both primary and secondary vehicles in the games plot points, as… …   Wikipedia

• formal and informal dress — In general, people in Britain and the US dress fairly informally. Many wear casual clothes most of the time, not just when they are at home or on holiday. Men and women wear jeans or cords (= corduroy trousers) with a shirt or T shirt and a… …   Universalium

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• List of The Sword of Truth characters — This article is about the characters in Terry Goodkind s epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth, also expanded to its television version Legend of the Seeker. Contents 1 Protagonists 1.1 Richard Rahl …   Wikipedia

• doll oneself up — informal you don t need to doll yourself up for me Syn: dress up; informal do oneself up, dress up to the nines, put on one s glad rags …   Thesaurus of popular words