dress to kill

verb

To dress up so as to impress others (especially of the opposite sex).

Meanings

verbdress to kill (third-person singular simple present dresses to kill, present participle dressing to kill, simple past and past participle dressed to kill)

present singular third person dresses to kill · participle present dressing to kill · participle past dressed to kill · past dressed to kill

  1. idiomaticinformalTo dress up so as to impress others (especially of the opposite sex).

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