DRESSUP

Dress-up

Dress-up is a game played mainly by children. It involves dressing up, usually to impersonate someone or something, like an animal or character in a fairy tale. The type of clothes they dress up in often resembles who they are trying to be, either adults' clothing or special play clothes designed specifically for dress-up like feather boas and jewelry.

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dress up

Verb

  1. To wear fancy dress.
    Everyone dressed up for the graduation ball.
    I want a job where I don't have to dress up.
  2. To wear a costume.
    We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure.
  3. To decorate; to prettify.
  4. To present in a favorable light.


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