dress/look/act the part
Definition
› to look suitable or behave in a suitable way for a particular situation: If you're going to be a high-powered businesswoman, you've got to look the part.Being suitable or unsuitable
(Definition of dress/look/act the part from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- answer verb (BE SUITABLE FOR)
- be made for sb/sth idiom
- become verb (SUIT)
- befit verb
- behove verb
- belong verb
- do verb (BE ACCEPTABLE)
- fill/fit the bill idiom
- find your own level idiom
- fit in phrasal verb
- fit the bill idiom
- fit verb (BE SUITABLE)
- go verb (BE ACCEPTABLE)
- lend verb
- out of order idiom
- sb's face doesn't fit idiom
- suit sb (right) down to the ground idiom
- suit verb (BE CONVENIENT)
- suit verb (BE RIGHT)
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