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Meaning of dress out | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To change one's clothes to prepare for outdoors activities, such as physical education; to be wearing clothes appropriate for such activities.
    intransitive
  2. To dress and equip (staff or patients) in preparation for leaving the hospital.
    transitive
  3. To butcher and prepare (an animal) for consumption.
    ergative, sometimes, transitive

Examples

“I would rather have the mumps than dress out for gym. I”
“On the day of the patient's discharge, the patient will be called to 1 of the 2 dress-out rooms. The patient will be dressed out and then will be escorted to the agent cashier's office where he will pick up the money he had had on account, the valuables he has had in safekeeping, and last, but not least, his ticket and transportation to his home.”
“Proper Dress-out. 1. Radiological emergency response team members dressed-out in waterproof gowns and other standard surgical attire. 2. Cuffs and inner gloves are taped for contamination control purposes.”
“The biggest buck I've killed there dressed out at 188 pounds.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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