dress up

— Phrasal Verb with dress

/dres/ verb

Definition

FORMAL › to put on formal clothes for a special occasion: Weddings are a great opportunity to dress up.

SPECIAL › to wear special clothes in order to change your appearance, usually for a game or party: He dressed up as Superman for the party.

(Definition of dress up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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