"dowdy up" meaning in All languages combined

See dowdy up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: dowdies up [present, singular, third-person], dowdying up [participle, present], dowdied up [participle, past], dowdied up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dowdy up (third-person singular simple present dowdies up, present participle dowdying up, simple past and past participle dowdied up)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To make something appear plain and unattractive. Tags: idiomatic, transitive

Inflected forms

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