Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, informal)To dress up so as to impress others (especially of the opposite sex).

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Mary was dressed to kill.

    ruМэри была сногсшибательно одета. — odexed

    deMaria sah todschick aus. — raggione

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  2. Tom was dressed to kill.

    Том був одягнений потрясно. — deniko

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  3. She was dressed fit to kill.

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  4. Wow, you're dressed to kill.

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  5. She was dressed to kill.

    ruОна была одета сногсшибательно. — odexed

    deSie sah todschick aus. — wolfgangth

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Forms

dresses to kill, dressing to kill, dressed to kill, dressed to kill
Base formdress to kill · to dress to kill
3rd person singulardresses to kill
Present participledressing to kill
Past simpledressed to kill
Past participledressed to kill

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydress to kill
he, she, itdresses to kill

Past simpleLesson

all personsdressed to kill

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dressed to kill
he, she, ithas dressed to kill

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dress to kill

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dredgedressA2dresserdressingdressmakerdressy
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