"dress to kill" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-dress to kill.ogg [Australia] Forms: dresses to kill [present, singular, third-person], dressing to kill [participle, present], dressed to kill [participle, past], dressed to kill [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dress to kill (third-person singular simple present dresses to kill, present participle dressing to kill, simple past and past participle dressed to kill)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To dress up so as to impress others (especially of the opposite sex). Tags: idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): Clothing Related terms: dressed to kill, glad rags, dressed to the nines

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