doll up

English

Etymology

From doll (noun).[1]

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Verb

doll up (third-person singular simple present dolls up, present participle dolling up, simple past and past participle dolled up)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To dress up finely or elaborately; to deck up. (often of ostentatious display) [from 1906]
    She's all dolled up with nowhere to go.
    • 1970, Noel Streatfeild, Thursday’s Child:
      Jem looked at her clothes. "You wouldn’t get far dolled up like that."

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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “doll (v.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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