dress the part

idiom

: to dress the way that people in a particular role usually dress

If you want people at work to believe that you're a professional, you have to dress the part.

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Set a Dress Code Another way to make your party pics look straight out decades past: Have your guests dress the part! —

Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2024 Post Malone continued to dress the part of a country crooner, wearing jeans with sharp center creases. —

Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Nov. 2024 Casual in nature, anyone can dress the part and shed their muggle identities to join in for a couple of hours to show off their most spellbinding cackles along the Pacific Ocean coastline. —

Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024 Chipotle fans can dress the part this Halloween thanks to a collaboration with Spirit Halloween. —

Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dress the part

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