dressed up

All they get is a vague sense this is a "cost-cutting" effort and don't realize that actually, it's a fascist culture war dressed up in "efficiency" costumes.

“The pinnacle of achievement in Brazil is to become a costume in Carnival — for people to go in the streets dressed up as you,” Torres explains, smiling.

Ideally I could get dressed up once a week and go to a great restaurant or experience something fun in the city with zero expectations for the future and no strings attached.

You’ve got to get dressed up, so I wore a suit.

I’m telling you, ask my son: He’d be like, “Where you going all dressed up?”