Definitions of fancy up
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put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive“The young girls were all fancied up for the party”
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synonyms:
attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up
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Antonyms:
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dress down, underdress
dress informally and casually
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dress, plume, preen, primp
dress or groom with elaborate care
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prank
dress up showily
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tart up
dress up in a cheap and provocative way
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enrobe
adorn with a robe
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bedizen, dizen
dress up garishly and tastelessly
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type of:
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dress, get dressed
put on clothes
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dress down, underdress
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