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dressed the house

dressed the house is the simple past and past participle of dress the house.

Meaning of dress the house

Verb

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

  1. To position oneself, or others, so as to make the auditorium appear fuller than it really is.
    • […] to pay this tax through inviting a certain class of the public, who are always invited, to theatres of standing to dress the house.1917, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page cccxlvi

Questions about dressed the house

What is dressed the house the simple past and past participle of?
Dressed the house is the simple past and past participle of dress the house.

Words near dressed the house in the dictionary

  1. dressed
  2. dressed down
  3. dressed herring
  4. dressed off
  5. dressed out
  6. dressed the house
  7. dressed the part
  8. dressed to kill
  9. dressed to the nines
  10. dressed up
  11. dressed up like a Christmas tree

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