look the part

look the part
look the part
To have, or assume, an appearance in keeping with one's role
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Main Entry:look

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to have an appearance or wear clothing that is usual or expected for a particular situation, activity, or job

If you want to be taken seriously in business, you have to dress the part.

Thesaurus: to put on or be wearing clothes and to dress other peoplesynonym to remove clothes and not wear clotheshyponym
Main entry: part

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have an appearance or style of dress appropriate to a particular role or situation

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look/dress the ˈpart idiom
to have an appearance or wear clothes suitable for a particular job, role or position
Main entry:partidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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