dress up

verbs

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"
attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up
see also
dress
antonym
dress down
make something appear superficially attractive
"The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"
dress up, window-dress
put a caparison on
"caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
bard, barde, caparison, dress up
dress in a costume
"We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
costume, dress up
dress in a certain manner
"She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"
dress, dress up