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dressed up like a dog's dinner

dressed up like a dog's dinner adjective: synonym of done up like a dog's dinner.

Adjective

dressed up like a dog's dinner (comparative more dressed up like a dog's dinner, superlative most dressed up like a dog's dinner)

  1. Synonym of done up like a dog's dinner.
    • Those and the dark jacket, the blazer, at least he felt smart in that without being dressed up like a dog's dinner.2002, John Harvey, Wasted Years, →ISBN, page 266
    • “Where's tha going now – all dressed up like a dog's dinner – our Mary?” her father chuntered from behind his newspaper.2008, Sylvia Hoole, Poor Mary - A Tale of Schizophrenia, →ISBN, page 25

Synonyms of dressed up like a dog's dinner

Forms of dressed up like a dog's dinner

comparativemore dressed up like a dog's dinner
superlativemost dressed up like a dog's dinner

Questions about dressed up like a dog's dinner

What does dressed up like a dog's dinner mean?
Dressed up like a dog's dinner means synonym of done up like a dog's dinner.
What part of speech is dressed up like a dog's dinner?
Dressed up like a dog's dinner is an adjective.

Words near dressed up like a dog's dinner in the dictionary

  1. dressed the part
  2. dressed to kill
  3. dressed to the nines
  4. dressed up
  5. dressed up like a Christmas tree
  6. dressed up like a dog's dinner
  7. dressed up to the nines
  8. Dressel
  9. Dressel acid
  10. Dressels
  11. Dressen

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