dress sth up
— phrasal verb with dress /dres/ verbDefinition
› If you dress something up, you add something to it in order to make it seem more interesting or pleasing than it really is: I thought I'd dress up the frozen pizza with a few extra tomatoes and olives. Politicians tried to dress up the bill as a bold new strategy for combating poverty.Decorating or making something attractive
(Definition of dress sth up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -bound suffix (COVERED)
- accessorize verb
- adorn verb
- beautify verb
- bedeck verb
- edged adjective
- festoon verb
- garland verb
- glam (yourself) up phrasal verb
- glamorize verb
- ornament noun
- ornament verb
- ornamentation noun
- ornate adjective
- prettify verb
- tart yourself up phrasal verb
- tassel noun
- titivate verb
- twiddly adjective
- window dressing noun (SHOPS)
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