dress for someone

dress for someone
dress for someone
to clothe oneself to please someone. •

I don't dress for you! Don't tell me how I should look!

Sally says she dresses for her friends, but she really dresses for herself.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • dress — dress1 [ dres ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive to put on clothes. This verb is common in writing, but when you are speaking it is more usual to say that you get dressed: It only took her ten minutes to shower and dress. a ) transitive to put clothes… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • dress */*/*/ — I UK [dres] / US verb Word forms dress : present tense I/you/we/they dress he/she/it dresses present participle dressing past tense dressed past participle dressed 1) [intransitive] to put on clothes. This verb is common in writing, but when you… …   English dictionary

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