doll up

doll up
verb
use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.
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She dolled herself up for the night out with her friends

• Syn: ↑do up, ↑pretty up, ↑glam up
• Hypernyms: ↑groom, ↑neaten
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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verb
: to dress oneself in formal, elegant, or fancy attire and personal adornments

insisted that he must doll up for this party

1. : to array in elegance, extravagance, or showy outfit

all dolled up in top hat and tails, dancing attendance on a certain show girl — Polly Adler

2. : to make more attractive with a freshening up and addition of decorative details

a country schoolhouse all dolled up by the pupils for a Christmas party

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ˌdoll ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they doll up he/she/it dolls up present participle dolling up past tense dolled up past participle dolled up] informal phrasal verb
to make someone or yourself look attractive for a special occasion

We used to doll ourselves up and go into town.

Thesaurus: to make someone or something more attractivesynonym to make yourself look more attractivesynonym
Main entry: doll

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doll up [phrasal verb]
doll (yourself) up informal : to make (yourself) attractive with makeup and fancy or stylish clothes

She dolled herself up for the party. = She got (all) dolled up for the party.

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Main Entry: ↑doll

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