dressed up to the nines
21dressed to the nines — adjective dressed in fancy or formal clothing • Syn: ↑dressed, ↑dressed up, ↑dressed to kill, ↑dolled up, ↑spruced up, ↑spiffed up, ↑togged up • Similar to: ↑ …
22dressed to the nines — idi dressed splendidly, esp. in formal clothing …
23nines, dressed (up) to the — Smartly dressed …
24To the Nines (novel) — infobox Book | name = To the Nines title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Janet Evanovich cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Stephanie Plum genre = Crime novel publisher = St. Martin …
25to the nines — phrasal also up to the nines : to the highest point, degree, or mark dressed to the nines Harper s Bazaar the paper … is done to the nines with a sensitiveness worthy of its subject Leonard Bacon garnished up to the n …
26dressed — [drest] adj 1.) get dressed to put your clothes on ▪ Go and get dressed! 2.) having your clothes on or wearing a particular type of clothes ▪ Aren t you dressed yet? half/fully dressed ▪ She lay down fully dressed on the bed. smartly/well… …
27to (or Brit. up to) the nines — to a great or elaborate extent: she was dressed to the nines. → nine …
28to the nines — phrasal 1. to perfection 2. in a highly elaborate or showy manner < dressed to the nines > …
29got up to the nines — Expensively or showily dressed …
30dressed — adjective 1 get dressed to put your clothes on: Go and get dressed! 2 having your clothes on: Aren t you dressed yet? | fully dressed (=with all your clothes on) 3 wearing a particular type of clothes (+ in/as): The older woman was dressed in a… …