to the nines
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Members of Parliament were dressed to the nines as they listened to the speech.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
The social media magnate is dressed to the nines in a sequin jacket patterned like tin ceiling tiles.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2024
Playing dress-up at her grandmother’s, where she’d deck herself to the nines in borrowed costume jewelry, she soon found out that what was encouraged by her open-minded family was derided in the outside world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
I wanted my mother to know how special that moment was when we shared the first dance, dressed to the nines in formal attire in the nation’s capital.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
She’s dressed to the nines like always, in a color-splashed Floating Dress that makes her look like a billowy sunset, and enormous tortoiseshell movie-star sunglasses.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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