dowdy up
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[edit]Verb
[edit]dowdy up (third-person singular simple present dowdies up, present participle dowdying up, simple past and past participle dowdied up)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To make something appear plain and unattractive.
- 2016, Violet Vaughn, Rush for Love:
- I don't want one ounce of sex appeal emanating from me. I find flip-flops that are too big, and roll up the hem. Hell, I'm even going to dowdy up my hair.