adjective
dressed in fancy or formal clothing
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dressed to kill
Dressed so as to dazzle, attract and impress others
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Main Entry: ↑kill
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wearing very attractive clothes that will make people notice you
Tanya came in, dressed to kill in scarlet.
Thesaurus: dressed and wearing clothes of a particular typehyponym
Main entry: dressed
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wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
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dressed to kill
informal : wearing very fancy or attractive clothes
We attended the party dressed to kill.
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Main Entry: ↑dressed
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dressed to kill — see ↑dressed
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Main Entry: ↑kill
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dressed to ˈkill idiom
Useful english dictionary. 2012.