dandy up

English

Verb

dandy up (third-person singular simple present dandies up, present participle dandying up, simple past and past participle dandied up)

1. (informal) To make fashionable, stylish or flashy in appearance.
   • 2005 December 15, Mike Selvey, “England were made to look prize chumps but tour gongs go like that”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     But the BBC's insistence meant that he was dragged from his room, dandied up in his best bib and tucker, and stuck in front of a camera to answer crappy questions from Gary Lineker.

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