"tiré à quatre épingles" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /ti.ʁe a katʁ e.pɛ̃ɡl/ Forms: tirée à quatre épingles [feminine], tirés à quatre épingles [masculine, plural], tirées à quatre épingles [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} tiré à quatre épingles (feminine tirée à quatre épingles, masculine plural tirés à quatre épingles, feminine plural tirées à quatre épingles)
  1. very elegant, dressed to the nines, dressed to kill, dudded up
    Sense id: en-tiré_à_quatre_épingles-fr-adj-YmG0ZgPQ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

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