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Idiom

dressed to kill

Meaning

Dressed in a very fashionable style.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“She arrived at the party dressed to kill.”

“He spent hours choosing his suit because he wanted to be dressed to kill for the awards ceremony.”

“Walking into the ballroom, she was clearly dressed to kill, instantly drawing the attention of everyone in the room.”

Examples

simple

“She arrived at the party dressed to kill.”

contextual

“He spent hours choosing his suit because he wanted to be dressed to kill for the awards ceremony.”

complex

“Walking into the ballroom, she was clearly dressed to kill, instantly drawing the attention of everyone in the room.”

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