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make yourself pretty

improve the way you look i.e. get dressed (especially in something nicer than what you are already wearing), put on makeup, brush your hair, brush your teeth, etc; connotes that you are not pretty enough at this moment and that you should improve the way you look; an insult sometimes used intentionally (or unintentionally) to make someone feel inferior
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Seeing her step-daughter in muddy jeans, her step-mother told her to go upstairs and make herself pretty for the ball.

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Submitted by TriplePurple on December 03, 2023

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