doll yourself up
often disapproving — phrasal verb with doll /dɒl/
/dɑːl/ verb Definition
› If a woman dolls herself up, she tries to make herself more attractive by putting on make-up and special clothes: I'm not going to doll myself up just to go to the shops.Putting clothes onDecorating or making something attractive
(Definition of doll yourself up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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doleful adjective
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Synonyms and related words:
- arrayed adjective
- bundle (sb) up phrasal verb
- change noun (CLOTHES)
- change verb (CLOTHES/BEDS)
- don verb
- dress down phrasal verb
- dress up phrasal verb
- dress verb (PUT ON CLOTHES)
- fitting noun (CLOTHES)
- fling sth on/off phrasal verb
- get yourself/sb up phrasal verb
- glam (yourself) up phrasal verb
- make yourself respectable idiom
- muffle verb (KEEP WARM)
- pull sth on phrasal verb
- put sth on phrasal verb (COVER BODY)
- rig sb out phrasal verb
- slip into sth phrasal verb
- try sth on phrasal verb
- wrap (sb) up phrasal verb
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