DRESS UP


Meaning of DRESS UP in English

I .

to wear clothes that are more formal than those you usually wear

II .

dress up | ˌdress sb ˈup

to put on special clothes, especially to pretend to be sb/sth different :

Kids love dressing up.

The boys were all dressed up as pirates.

( BrE )

dressing-up clothes

( NAmE )

dress-up clothes

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.