overdress
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Verb
overdress (third-person singular simple present overdresses, present participle overdressing, simple past and past participle overdressed)
- To wear too many clothes for a particular occasion.
- To wear clothing which is too elaborate or formal for a particular occasion.
- 1981, Lawrence Kasdan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, spoken by Toht:
- We meet again, Fraulein. You Americans, you're all the same. Always overdressing for the wrong occasions.
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to wear too many clothes
to wear too elaborate or formal clothes
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Noun
overdress
- Any dress (feminine-style garment) worn over another, especially over an underdress.
- Any garment worn over another.
- Antonym: underdress (noun)
- Hyponyms: overcoat, pinafore, smock