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Definition of dress to the nines
dress to the nines
verb
- very well dressed.
They were dressed to the nines.
Last edited on Jun 02 2002. Submitted by Howell on Jun 02 2002.
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Other terms relating to 'dress': | |
| Definitions include: to scold. | |
| Definitions include: dressed very well. | |
| Definitions include: Short for e-mail address. | |
| Definitions include: "little black dress." | |
| Definitions include: to be leaving. | |
| Definitions include: to be leaving. | |
Other terms relating to 'nine': | |
| Definitions include: to receive and perform oral sex at the same time. | |
| Definitions include: a 9 millimeter pistol. | |
| Definitions include: See nine to five. | |
| Definitions include: to be very happy. | |
| Definitions include: a system that is available 99.999% of the time. | |
| Definitions include: a nine millimeter pistol. | |
| Definitions include: A sentence or phrase that makes no sense and/or is completely off the subject. | |
| Definitions include: Pertaining to a man/woman who fails to see the whole picture. Having which a front side, back side, left side, right side, inside, outside, top side, bottom side and a blind side. | |
| Definitions include: see nine-sided and son of a bitch. | |
| Definitions include: a job. | |
| Definitions include: a person with an office job. | |
| Definitions include: extremely happy. | |
| Definitions include: A police officer. | |
| Definitions include: to receive and perform oral sex at the same time. | |
| Definitions include: the entirety of something. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: Walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: A good estimate, term of agreement | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: Inclusive | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: extremely popular. | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
| Definitions include: the bathroom. | |
Other terms relating to 'to': | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: See nine to five. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority. | |
| Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: to revisit one's past. | |
| Definitions include: to go back to the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: extreme; "all out". | |
| Definitions include: to be vastly superior. | |
| Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else. | |
| Definitions include: to be unintelligible. | |
| Definitions include: to do. | |
| Definitions include: more important things to deal with. | |
| Definitions include: to kill or destroy. | |
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