Question

1. The girl dressed herself up for the audition?

2. The girl dressed herself for the audition?

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What is the difference between the two sentences? Does 'up' mean 'completely' in Sentence 1?

Answer 1

1. The girl dressed herself up for the audition.

2. The girl dressed herself for the audition.

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What is the difference between the two sentences? Does 'up' mean 'completely' in Sentence 1?

Answer 2

To dress up means to put on fancier or more formal clothes than normal.

The second sentence means that she got dressed without help from anyone else.