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dresses the house

dresses the house is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 dresses the house

What is dresses the house the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dresses the house is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dress the house.

Words near dresses the house in the dictionary

  1. dressers
  2. dresses
  3. dresses down
  4. dresses off
  5. dresses out
  6. dresses the house
  7. dresses the part
  8. dresses to kill
  9. dresses up
  10. dressest
  11. dresseth

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