doll up

[doll up] {v.}, {slang}

1. To dress in fine or fancy clothes.

/The girls dolled up for the big school dance of the year./

/The girls were all dolled up for the Christmas party./

2. To make more pretty or attractive.

/The classrooms were all dolled up with Christmas decorations./

Compare: DECKED OUT.

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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