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Nines Dress Phrase Put Extremely Fashionable Formal Clothes

Collocation Dress up to the nines
Type Phrase
Examples to put on extremely fashionable or formal clothes for a special occasion. / Mary always dresses up to the nines whenever she goes to parties or weddings. / Peter is going to dress to the nines tomorrow because he is meeting his girlfriend’s parents for the first time.

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