doll up

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doll up

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From doll (noun).

verb dolls up · dolling up · dolled up

  1. intransitive, slang, transitive To dress up finely or elaborately; to deck up. (often of ostentatious display) She's all dolled up with nowhere to go.

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verb to dress up finely or elaborately

Españolemperifollar, empapirotar, emperejilar
Portuguêsembonecar, montar
Deutschsich schick machen
Italianoessere tirato a lucido

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"doll up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/doll%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{doll_up_2026,
  title = {doll up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doll%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}