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dandying up

dandying up is the present participle and gerund 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 dandying up

What is dandying up the present participle and gerund of?
Dandying up is the present participle and gerund of dandy up.

Words near dandying up in the dictionary

  1. dandyfied
  2. dandyfies
  3. dandyfunk
  4. dandyfy
  5. dandyfying
  6. dandying up
  7. dandyish
  8. dandyishly
  9. dandyishness
  10. dandyism
  11. dandyisms

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