If you dress something up, you try to make it seem more attractive, acceptable, or interesting than it really is. Politicians dress up their ruthless ambition as a pursuit of the public good However you dress it up, a bank only exists to lend money. see also dressed up, dressing-up
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
If you dress up or dress yourself up, you put on different clothes, in order to make yourself look smarter than usual or to disguise yourself. You do not need to dress up for dinner Little girls dress up as angels for fiestas
make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth
dress you up
التركية النطق
dres yu ʌp
النطق
/ˈdres ˈyo͞o ˈəp/ /ˈdrɛs ˈjuː ˈʌp/
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[ 'dres ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French dresser, from Old French drecier, from Vulgar Latin directiare, from Latin directus direct, past participle of dirigere to direct, from dis- + regere to lead straight; more at RIGHT.