Usually means: Wearing very fancy or formal attire.
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  1. dressed up to the nines: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Dressed up to the nines: Phrase Finder
  3. dressed up to the nines: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  4. dressed up to the nines: Wiktionary

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adjective:  Alternative form of dressed to the nines [(idiomatic) Very fancily or formally dressed; wearing very showy or splendid clothing.]


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