get dressed up

Example Sentences

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You're going to get dressed up to go to church, but what's going on at home, what's the mess that people aren't seeing that you guys are hiding?

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2024

"I get dressed up in my full regalia - lab coat, rosette and two foot high hat - and go door-to-door asking for signatures," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023

Leah: We’re going to go home, clean up and get dressed up, and now we’re going to Elizabeth’s Gone Raw for a nice, long, luxurious prix fixe meal.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2022

Marty, Wendy, Jonah and Charlotte crawl out of the wreckage with barely a scratch, take a taxi home, get dressed up and attend a fancy gala celebrating the Byrde Family Foundation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2022

Of course I wanted to try the roller skates right away but my mother’s family was due to arrive for a welcome-home party and all of us had to get dressed up.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz