(all) dressed up
(all) dressed up
Dressed formally, perhaps more formally than usual. You need to be dressed up for this event tonight—a suit and tie is appropriate. Because I was all dressed up for the birthday party, I was embarrassed when I saw that the other guests were in shorts and T-shirts.
See also: dress, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*(all) dressed up
dressed in one's best clothes; dressed formally. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; get someone ~.) I really hate to get all dressed up just to go somewhere to eat.
See also: dress, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- dressed up
- dress up
- dressed to kill
- dressed to the teeth
- dressed to the nines
- 9s
- be dressed (up) to the nines
- dressed (up) like a dog's dinner
- dressed like a dog's dinner
- dressed up like a dog's dinner