outdress
verb[T]
(alsoout-dress)uk/ˌaʊtˈdres/us/ˌaʊtˈdres/towearmoreimpressiveclothesthan someoneelse:
Theweddingwasnotablefor thefactthat the bride'smotherhad outdressed thebrideherself.
Alwayswearsmartclothesfor aninterview, but not toosmart— you don'twantto outdress theinterviewers.
- It's always abitcompetitivewhen we go on abignightout as wetryto outdress one another.
- Ifeltout-dressed by myfriends, who all haddinnerjacketson.
- Even though the Americanteambeatus, we at leastmanagedto outdress them.
Putting clothes on
- arrayed
- bundle
- bundle (someone) up
- doll
- dollyourselfup
- dolled up
- dress
- get up
- glam
- glam(yourself)up
- makeyourselfrespectableidiom
- mask
- put
- respectable
- rig
- rigsomeoneout
- slip
- slip intosomething
- throw
- throwsomethingon