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dress
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To wear smart clothes for an occasion.
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dress
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To decorate; to prettify.
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dress
change appearance, clothe, assist one to 'vest', change location of tie, ribbon, lapel, scarf, shawl, belt, etc.
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dress
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To wear fancy
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or a costume.
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dress
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To present in a favorable light.
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dress
down
1) Wear casual or work clothing, informal clothes: 2) Speak To Someone In a Desultory Tone, A Commanding, Analytical, Superior, Critiquing Manner; . . . . . {Tell Someone 'OFF' }
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dress
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To scold.
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dress
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To wear casual or informal clothes.
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dress
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The heavy criticism, personal attack upon a subaltern by a superior for any infraction, misdemeanor, rule violation, felony et al which leaves the victim shattered:
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dress
for the slide, not the ride
When choosing clothing for riding a motorcycle, priority should be given to protective gear that helps one survive an accident.
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to kill
To
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up so as to impress others (especially of the opposite sex).
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off like a prom
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Making a start, or departing, very rapidly.
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this won't get the baby into a short
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To take inadequate action dealing with an opportunity
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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get
(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her
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, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."
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tart up
To
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like a prostitute.
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spruce up
To
dress
or arrange smartly, elegantly, and neatly.
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tart up
To
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garishly.
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anything goes
No restrictions, guidelines, rules, expectations, parameters, requirements,
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black tie
Evening
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; a standard of
dress
which is less formal than white tie, consisting of black dinner jacket or tuxedo jacket, and matching trousers, white shirt and black bow tie or, possibly, military
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bundle up
To
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in, or put on, warm clothes.
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deck out
To
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in fancy clothes.
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doll up
To
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oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing as if for a special occasion.
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doodie up
To decorate or
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dude up
To
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up; to
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goth up
To
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or decorate in the style of goth subculture.
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gussy up
To don fancy clothing; to
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hottest thing in town
A particular late model car, a startlingly appearing item or super-styled article of
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hussy up
To
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so as to be more sexually attractive, often applying excessive makeup or wearing revealing clothing.
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kink out
To
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in kinky, BDSM-themed clothing.
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kit out
To supply with or
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in a uniform, especially a sports kit.
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nous causions chiffons (of women)
We were chattering about
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poon up
To
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put on the dog
To
dress
up; to put on airs; to make a show of wealth and/or importance; to be pretentious.
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queen up
To
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like, or become appropriate for, a queen.
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rag out
To
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rig out
To
dress
; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner.
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scrub up
to
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shroud
Especially, the
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for the dead; a winding sheet.
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star struck
One who adopts the
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, hairstyle, manner of speaking to the persona of a model or celebrity.
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vamp or a tramp
An individual of dual presence in manner of
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work 'im over!
To give someone heavy criticism, '
dress
him down', 'read him out', let him know 'who's the boss'!
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