gussy up

Example Sentences

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Depending on how you like to gussy up your voice for chats, streams, or podcast appearances, you might be able to get some solid performance out of the Icepop.

From The Verge

Landscape architecture is often be treated as an afterthought — a way to gussy up the place after a building is done.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s little to gussy up the performance of the truck, but poseurs might embrace the exclusive grille, the 19-inch wheels and the sport steering wheel.

From New York Times

I’d been so much more concerned about feeling at ease with myself than looking conventionally feminine at reunion, and so I hadn’t treated it as an occasion to gussy up.

From New York Times

The invitations tell us to gussy up in cocktail party finery or unleash our imagination with creative black tie.

From Washington Post