to the nines

1. To perfection, to the highest degree; see under dressed to kill.

Example Sentences

Sure, no one is stopping anyone from sauntering into their local grocery store dressed to the nines in faux fur and pumps.

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Staff at Foxhunters Care Community had decorated the venue with balloons and a red carpet, while Ruth and her fellow residents took the opportunity to dress to the nines for the big occasion.

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Unlike most politicians, who dress to the nines, Burton wore ties reluctantly and showed up at meetings with governors wearing guayaberas, rarely with his hair in place.

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In them, Tonatiuh sings and dances as the dashing Kendall Nesbitt dressed to the nines in elegant tuxes.

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He is part of a group called To The Nines which bought the Coach and Horses on the Whitesands a couple of years ago.

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