"dowdy up" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dowdies up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dowdying up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dowdied up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dowdied up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "dowdy up (third-person singular simple present dowdies up, present participle dowdying up, simple past and past participle dowdied up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, Violet Vaughn, Rush for Love:",
          "text": "I don't want one ounce of sex appeal emanating from me. I find flip-flops that are too big, and roll up the hem. Hell, I'm even going to dowdy up my hair.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make something appear plain and unattractive."
      ],
      "id": "en-dowdy_up-en-verb-ykOLJedh",
      "links": [
        [
          "appear",
          "appear"
        ],
        [
          "plain",
          "plain"
        ],
        [
          "unattractive",
          "unattractive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To make something appear plain and unattractive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dowdy up"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dowdies up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dowdying up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dowdied up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dowdied up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "dowdy up (third-person singular simple present dowdies up, present participle dowdying up, simple past and past participle dowdied up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, Violet Vaughn, Rush for Love:",
          "text": "I don't want one ounce of sex appeal emanating from me. I find flip-flops that are too big, and roll up the hem. Hell, I'm even going to dowdy up my hair.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make something appear plain and unattractive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appear",
          "appear"
        ],
        [
          "plain",
          "plain"
        ],
        [
          "unattractive",
          "unattractive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To make something appear plain and unattractive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dowdy up"
}