deck out

deck out

A noun or pronoun can be used between "deck" and "out."

1. To dress in an especially extravagant manner. Wow, you sure got decked out for the party tonight! Maybe I should have worn something nicer than jeans. The wedding dress code is black tie, so we need to be decked out—tux, gown, the whole thing. Ugh, I got all decked out for my date, and then he canceled on me at the last minute.

2. To decorate something lavishly or elaborately. A noun or pronoun can be used between "deck" and "out." Wow, you really decked out the house for the party tonight—I've never seen so many Christmas lights in my life! I don't particularly like Halloween, so it's not an occasion I really deck out the house for. It's only November 1st, and their house is already all decked out for Christmas.

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deck someone or something out (in something)

 and deck someone or something out (with something)

to decorate someone or something with something. Sally decked all her children out for the holiday party. She decked out her children in Halloween costumes. Tom decked the room out with garlands of flowers.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

deck out

Decorate, dress up, as in They were all decked out in their best clothes. [Mid-1700s]

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.