doll up
English
Etymology
Thought to be from Doll (short for Dorothy) rather than from doll.
Verb
doll up (third-person singular simple present dolls up, present participle dolling up, simple past and past participle dolled up)
- (transitive, slang) To dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing as if for a special occasion.
- She's all dolled up with nowhere to go.
- 1970, Noel Streatfeild, Thursday’s Child:
- Jem looked at her clothes. "You wouldn’t get far dolled up like that."
Translations
to dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing
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