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dress the part

dress the part verb: to wear the clothing that is appropriate to a role.

Verb

dress the part (third-person singular simple present dresses the part, present participle dressing the part, simple past and past participle dressed the part)

  1. To wear the clothing that is appropriate to a role.

Forms of dress the part

third-person singular presentdresses the part
present participledressing the part
past participledressed the part
pastdressed the part

Questions about dress the part

What does dress the part mean?
Dress the part means to wear the clothing that is appropriate to a role.
What part of speech is dress the part?
Dress the part is a verb.
What is the past tense of dress the part?
The past tense of dress the part is dressed the part.

Words near dress the part in the dictionary

  1. dress shorts
  2. dress suit
  3. dress suits
  4. dress tape
  5. dress the house
  6. dress the part
  7. dress to kill
  8. dress up
  9. dress'd
  10. dress-code
  11. dress-coded

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