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dandied up

dandied up is the simple past and past participle of dandy up.

Meaning of dandy up

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.
    • 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.2005 December 15, Mike Selvey, “England were made to look prize chumps but tour gongs go like that”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC

Questions about dandied up

What is dandied up the simple past and past participle of?
Dandied up is the simple past and past participle of dandy up.

Words near dandied up in the dictionary

  1. dandiacally
  2. dandical
  3. dandie
  4. Dandie Dinmont
  5. Dandie Dinmonts
  6. dandied up
  7. dandier
  8. dandies
  9. dandies up
  10. dandiest
  11. dandification

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