verb
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive (Freq. 1)
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She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
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The young girls were all fancied up for the party
• Syn:
↑overdress, ↑dress up, ↑fig out, ↑fig up, ↑deck up, ↑gussy up, ↑fancy up, ↑trick up, ↑deck out, ↑prink, ↑attire, ↑get up, ↑rig out, ↑tog up, ↑tog out
• Ant: ↑dress down (for: ↑dress up), ↑underdress (for: ↑overdress)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rigout (for: ↑rig out), ↑getup (for: ↑get up), ↑attire (for: ↑attire)
• Hypernyms: ↑dress, ↑get dressed
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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ˌtrick ˈout ˌtrick ˈup [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they trick out he/she/it tricks out present participle tricking out past tense tricked out past participle tricked out] phrasal verb
to decorate something in a particular way, or to wear a particular set of clothes
The shop was tricked out like a Middle Eastern bazaar.
Thesaurus: to make someone or something more attractivesynonym
Main entry: trick
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trick out [phrasal verb]
1 trick (someone) out : to dress (someone or yourself) in an unusual way
— usually + in
She was tricked out in a horrible, brightly colored costume.
— usually + with
The room was tricked out with ribbons and streamers.
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Main Entry: ↑trick
Useful english dictionary. 2012.