to perfection
looking elegant, smart, or flashy
to a high degree
to a great extent
The masked ball was excellent. You should have seen the costumes. Everyone was dressed to the nines.
Go out and buy yourself a new outfit for Friday night. Everyone will be dressed to the nines, so we’d better look smart.
They were all done up to the nines, and there I was in my mother’s old ball gown.
Stella hated getting all done up to the nines. She was much happier in jeans and a jogging top.
They were dolled up to the nines, and all heads turned as they walked in.
Xiaomi gets up to the nines with Redmi smartphones.
In our town, everybody decorates their house to the nines on the eve of Christmas.
After the divorce, she was grieving and stressed to the nines.
The rooms are outfitted to the nines with floor-to-ceiling.
The boats were decorated to the nines, coast along the beach.
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