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English verb: fig up

1. fig up (body) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive


SamplesShe never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera.
The young girls were all fancied up for the party.


Synonymsattire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up


Pattern of useSomebody ----s somebody


Broader (hypernym)dress, get dressed


Narrower (hyponym)bedizen, dizen, dress, enrobe, plume, prank, preen, primp, tart up


Verb groupcostume, dress, dress up, dress up


Antonymsdress down, underdress









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