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all dogged up

all dogged up adjective: wearing stylish and fancy clothing, having dressed up.

Adjective

all dogged up (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Wearing stylish and fancy clothing, having dressed up.
    • Part one of the wind up was in place. Part two required that we should prepare him to win her heart and be there to witness his attempt. The following afternoon we had him all dogged up in borrowed gear.2013, Peter Joseph Troy, Below Decks; from Pantry Boy to Steward in the British Merchant Navy, 1954-1961
    • We were quite warm when we got to Lucerne—but we all “dogged up” for dinner anyway.2012, Judith Kitchen, Half In Shade: Family, Photography, and Fate

Synonyms of all dogged up

Forms of all dogged up

alternative formdogged up
alternative formall dogged-up

Origin of all dogged up

Perhaps inspired by decked out or dog's dinner.

Questions about all dogged up

What does all dogged up mean?
All dogged up means wearing stylish and fancy clothing, having dressed up.
What part of speech is all dogged up?
All dogged up is an adjective.

Words near all dogged up in the dictionary

  1. all comers
  2. all correct
  3. all cows eat grass
  4. all cry and no wool
  5. all day
  6. all dogged up
  7. all dogged-up
  8. all dressed
  9. all dressed up and no place to go
  10. all dressed up and nowhere to go
  11. all dressed up with no place to go

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