to make something seem more impressive than it really is
to put clothes on someone so that they look like someone else, for fun
to put on clothes that are more formal than the clothes you usually wear
to put on clothes that make you look like someone else, for fun
All children love dressing up.
And I told her, because when you dress up, and make up, and act, you're somebody else.
For her birthday party, they had dressed her up as a fairy.
He tries to dress it up, but he’s basically a waiter.
I had them dress up like those pictures in one of her books.
Jonah had obviously made an effort to dress up for the occasion.
She held the dress up for their inspection, giving it a shake to loosen the folds of the fabric.
They had dressed up as princes and princesses.
`I don't know why I even bother to dress up in all these gorgeous clothes you buy for me.
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