get yourself/sb up
UK informal — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)Definition
› to dress yourself or someone else in particular clothing, especially clothing that is strange and unusual and intended to achieve a particular effect: He'd got himself up as a Roman emperor for the party.Putting clothes on
(Definition of get yourself/sb up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Babies' & children's clothing
- Ceremonial clothes & objects
- Clothing - general words
- Coats, jackets & cloaks
- Decorations for clothes
- Dresses, suits & gowns
- Fashion
- Fasteners for clothes
- Gloves & accessories
- Hats & scarves
- Jumpers, shirts & tee-shirts
- Nightwear
- Not wearing or removing clothes
- Parts of clothes
- Protective clothing
- Shoes
- Skirts & kilts
- Smart & elegant
- Sportswear & swimwear
- Stockings, tights & socks
- Style & appearance of clothes
- Trousers
- Underwear
- Wearing clothes
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Synonyms and related words:
- arrayed adjective
- bundle (sb) up phrasal verb
- change noun (CLOTHES)
- change verb (CLOTHES/BEDS)
- doll yourself up phrasal verb
- don verb
- dress down phrasal verb
- dress up phrasal verb
- dress verb (PUT ON CLOTHES)
- fitting noun (CLOTHES)
- fling sth on/off 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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